Everyday, no matter what the circumstances are, a person is retracted by some abstract or not so abstract force. This person is being taken away from their ‘home’, somewhere or something that matters to them, but it leads to another prospect of how they should go along living that way. In the book, The Poisonwood Bible, Adah is one of the characters experiencing a tension of relationships with her ‘home’; her family in this case. Adah is always silent, almost never talking at all, which deeply reflects how her family acknowledges her hemiplegia condition and her speechless presence. The Price family at first forces Adah into another zone, somewhat a place of ignorance or unwanted attention because of her physical condition. Adah didn't seem to care much when she didn’t acknowledge her family’s settlement in Kilanga. Exile is where Adah collects her thoughts and starts a journey within her own mindset. She not only begins a quiet observing life, though she partakes in little physical activity, Adah is determined to make use of her brain during the hardships of African life.
A laid back character is drawn out by individual family members. Leah, Adah’s twin sister, seeks confidence in herself by disclaiming Adah’s slow pace, which is shamed on Adah many times when she least knows what’s going on. Leah is the most critical individual in The Poisonwood Bible that critiques on Adah in general and simply makes fun of her. Leah casts away Adah in situations where she can’t lift or basically has no ability to talk at the moment. The event that changed how the family was truly feeling about Adah was when the village thought a lion pounced on her and was considered the prey. In that instance, the family didn't react with despair or tragedy. Orleanna Price conceived the message with sadness, but it wasn't a quick reaction as if it were the other girls being eaten by lions. Nathan Price only prayed for her, hoping that heaven takes care of her. Adah’s silent trait brings her forced alienation from the family because of the non-interaction they’re getting from one child.
Alienation is the least of Adah’s worries. The demise with family is mainly getting settled with a new place while one child enjoys her own company with herself to rid of negative attitudes. A positive attitude is what keeps Adah from being too nosy in anybody’s place of privacy. She is enriched in her subconscious, awaiting times where she feels free to do whatever she wants and without regret from her other counterpart. She knows that she is a burden at times, but can’t be faltered by the fact that she can do very little compared to her other sisters. Also, the village sees her with contempt as she is the daughter of the reverend of Kilanga and the disabilities she has interpreted the village’s faith with Christianity and their African gods. Congo life is something that Adah lives up to and expects the worst from its crucial environment to live. A little decency of respect among Kilanga native give Adah the chance to be out there by surviving a somewhat lion attack.
Two worlds brings together a moment to cherish what a person has. One exiled Adah from being called a regular in the family, but the other is to fulfill oneself with greater interest with the surrounding environment. A mindful world, slow with pacing, the exiled world that Adah endured satisfied her need to play with words even when it involved the bible or not. Being told what to do was something that Adah needed, especially coming a family that didn't what to do with a girl with a rare condition and couldn't voluntarily cast her out of their lives entirely. She was still a Price and lived up to what she can do without any real expectations.
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