Significant Events- The Poisonwood Bible

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  • Belgians Colonize the Congo

  • Orleanna and Nathan's Marriage

  • Nathan Goes to War

  • Rachel is Born

  • The Twins Are Born

    Leah and Adah are born,but Adah is born with hemiplegia.

  • Ruth May is Born

  • Moving to the Congo

  • Nathan plants Garden

    Nathan plants a garden to show the Congolese how to grow your own food, but it ultimately fails because his ego is too huge.

  • Nathan tries to convice Congolese to be Baptized

    Nathan tries to convince the Congolese to be baptized in the river, but they all refuse because a girl was eaten by a crocodile in that river.

  • Orleanna Curses because the Cake Mix is ruined

  • Ruth May breaks her arm

  • Ruth May sees the Diamonds in Axelroots plane

  • Adah gets "eaten" by a lion

  • Ruth May tries to see Nelson naked

  • Hope Chest

    Hope Chest

    Rachel is very enthusiastic about the hope chest project.

  • Adah learns about Muntu

  • Congo gains Independence

  • Leah attends Independence Ceremony

  • Nathan refuses to go back to the United States

    Both Rachel and Orleanna are devasted about this fact. Rachel begins to yell at her father because she wishes to go home.

  • Nelson gives Ruth May a necklace

  • Leah Realizes that her father isn't that great

  • Rachel Takes on Cooking

  • Brother Fowls Visits

    Orleanna sees what she doesn't have in Brother Fowls. Nathan is the complete opposite of Brother Fowls

  • Brother Fowls gives Adah books

  • Ruth May gets Sick

  • Tata Ndu wishes to marry Rachel

    Tata Ndu wants to marry Rachel because he sees that the Price family is unable to feed all the members, so he offers to take the most useless one off their hands. He comes bearing gifts for Rachel's hand in marriage.

  • Leah Helps at School with Anatole

  • Axelroot and Rachel fake an engagement

    In order to refuse Tata Ndu's proposal, Nathan and Axelroot make a plan to reject the proposal without offending Tata Ndu. Rachel and Axelroot pretend to be enganged and in looooooveeeee. Rachel is repulsed at first, but slowly becomes accustomed to the idea.

  • Adah overhears the plans for Lamumba's death on Axelroot's radio

  • Rachel's mirror breaks

    This was her most prized posession. She cracks it when she was thrown out of a boat during the ant attack.

  • Adah doesn't get helped by her family

  • Leah Confesses love to Anatole

  • Patrice Lumumba is Murdered

  • Congolese Vote on Religion

    The Congolese vote on whether they would accept Christianity. Jesus loses, so Nathan is pissed. Like always.