The Columbian Exchange Figurative Language
1. The purpose of Kingsolver adding this passage in the middle to end of Rachel’s chapter is to show her disdain for this new, different culture. As well as her father’s own eagerness to spread his religion to the people of the Congo. To make this point Kingsolver uses Rachel’s voice to describe the children of the Congo as well as her father’s religious interactions. “They seem to think we are Santa Claus...” by adding this description of the children it is emphasizing the oppression faced by the people on the Congo. When she speaks of her father and his interaction with the villagers, “...Instead of the baptism...”, “...lured people down...” these phrases put the Reverend’s seemingly good intentions to “save” the people of Kilanga as a thing