Sunday, March 4, 2007
Genesis Post #1
After only reading the first few points of views of the different Price women, I am beginning to wish that this story also included the point of view, or narration from the father, Reverend Price. I sense bias and some minor sense of irritation, resentfulness, and distgust towards the father. Orleanna Price reveals how her husband could never love her as a wife, Leah Price portrays her father as a dictating, alpha-male, Ruth-May Price doesn't even mention her father, Rachel Price describes him as an intimidating, and Adah Price keeps addressing the father as "Our Father" which makes it seem like she feels no distinct relationship to him. I want to get to know more about Reverend Price, as he is the reason why this whole story is about to take place. This will be hard, however, because I will only get to know him throught the eyes of his wife and daughters. I also noticed that so far, the Price women stress/bring to attention how segregated and different they feel about the African people. They keep acknowledging the skin difference, and just the overall physical appearance that sets these two worlds apart.
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Great point about Nathan Price. I agree with you about how the girls view their father in a less than affectionate way. I think maybe that Barbara Kingsolver meant to alienate him from us (the readers). Perhaps we are meant to feel as if we are one of the Price women; we are still hearing the father say and do mean things but we can never really understand him or know what he is thinking. Just like the girls, we are mere spectators in the Reverend's "holy" life. The importance of Nathan is apparent though, I think he might even become a major point of conflict later in the book. That idea is just based on the fact that he holds so much of the girl's love and emotions. He's playing with fire and don't even seem to care.
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