... terms of power and relationships, we can also look at the way Kingsolver is portraying the Western civilisation in general. Nathan Price is the dominant figure in the Price family, which becomes obvious as the story unfolds. He is only portrayed through the eyes of his four daughters, Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May and his wife, Orleanna. By not having a direct expression of thought as the other characters do, he is put at a distance from the reader, which in turn may symbolise his distance from his family. 'The church service lasts twice as long now because the Reverend has to say it once in English and then...'.'On a walk one morning our father turned to his daughters and said...' These quotes emphasise this point of distance between Mr.Price and his family. His daughters always address him as 'the Reverend' or 'Father' and never use colloquial, ...

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