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* {{Narm}}: Many of Leah's later entries are ripe with this; she's so {{wangst}}y about being white that she states she doesn't want ''anything'' white in the house, including potato starch and soap.
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* {{Narm}}: Many of Leah's statement in one of her later entries are ripe with this; she's so {{wangst}}y about being white that she states she doesn't want not wanting ''anything'' white in the house, including potato starch and soap.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: The Book's intended message is a criticism of colonialism, but since it spends a lot more time talking about missionary work and the clashing of three different cultures (that of the Congoese, that of 50's America, and that of the Bible's various Authors), it can be taken to be more anti-religious fundamentalism than anti-colonialism. Nathan never once stops to think about how maybe he should tailor his message differently to better suit a different audience. He also subscribes to a literal translation of the Bible and his unyielding devotion to it is what ultimately wrecks his life, not colonialism in and of itself.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: The Book's intended message is a criticism of colonialism, but since it spends a lot more time talking about missionary work and the clashing of three different cultures (that of the Congoese, that of 50's America, and that of the Bible's various Authors), it can be taken to be more anti-religious fundamentalism than anti-colonialism.authors), there is an equally strong theme of criticizing religious fundamentalism. Nathan never once stops to think about how maybe he should tailor his message differently to better suit a different audience. He also subscribes to a literal translation of the Bible and his unyielding devotion to it is what ultimately wrecks his life, not colonialism in and of itself.
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** Nathan. Yes, he's a complete asshole with few [[PetTheDog redeeming moments]], but this is due to [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] having turned him into TheFundamentalist, and he eventually loses everything and ends up as a crazy hobo.
** Rachel. She's a RichBitch with few morals, but she was also left deeply disturbed by what happened in the jungle. She never adapted as well as Leah, never had the help that Adah and Ruth May did, and was mocked and belittled whenever she ''did'' try to change herself.[[spoiler: She almost had to get married to the head of the village, her little sister dies, and she has to charm a much older man in order to get to safety; her family don't even seem to care what happens to her. It's also later revealed that she was left infertile by said older man.]]
** Rachel. She's a RichBitch with few morals, but she was also left deeply disturbed by what happened in the jungle. She never adapted as well as Leah, never had the help that Adah and Ruth May did, and was mocked and belittled whenever she ''did'' try to change herself.[[spoiler: She almost had to get married to the head of the village, her little sister dies, and she has to charm a much older man in order to get to safety; her family don't even seem to care what happens to her. It's also later revealed that she was left infertile by said older man.]]
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** Nathan. Yes, he's a complete asshole with few [[PetTheDog redeeming moments]], but this is due to [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] from having lived through one of the worst episodes of the Pacific theater in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (the Bataan Death March) -- and that experience having turned him into TheFundamentalist, and he TheFundamentalist. He eventually loses everything everything, including his family and ends up as a crazy hobo.
his mental stability (what he had left, anyway).
** Rachel. She's a RichBitch with few morals, but she was also left deeply disturbed by what happened in the jungle. She never adapted as well as Leah, never had the help that Adah and Ruth May did, and was mocked and belittled whenever she ''did'' try to change herself. [[spoiler: She almost had to get married to the head of the village, her little sister dies, and she has to charm a much older man in order to get to safety; her family don't even seem to care what happens to her. It's also later revealed that she was left infertile by said older man.]]
** Rachel. She's a RichBitch with few morals, but she was also left deeply disturbed by what happened in the jungle. She never adapted as well as Leah, never had the help that Adah and Ruth May did, and was mocked and belittled whenever she ''did'' try to change herself. [[spoiler: She almost had to get married to the head of the village, her little sister dies, and she has to charm a much older man in order to get to safety; her family don't even seem to care what happens to her. It's also later revealed that she was left infertile by said older man.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: Much of Nathan's behavior. Justified, as he's TheFundamentalist and refuses to learn ''anything'' about the people he's trying to educate.
