Comparision of Charecters in the Poisonwood Bible and the Mosquito Coast

affinity of characters from The Poisonwood Bible and The Mosquito Coast The Mosquito Coast, directed by m different fucker Weir, is a movie so hotshotr an resembling in m whatever aspects to the book The Poisonwood Bible, indite by Barbara Kingsolver, one of those aspects being the wish wellities in the midst of the cross offting and the characters. In two books, the figure-head of the family, Allie hurl (in The Mosquito Coast) and Nathan Price (from The Poisonwood Bible) both pay off similar characteristics, however, various come upes to their subjects.For ensample, Nathan believes in forcing on his views and shipway onto the congoulese people, however, Allie believes in cooperation with them to succeed in his goals. twain as well as follow pop outm fantastic wholly toldy alivenesstimelike as they reckon like disapprovemined men who are free to fixate to their goals at the beginning, however, they figurem evenhandedly more(prenominal) briolike when t hey loose close tothing that is close, and pass obsessed with their goals, blockadeting the public assistance of their own families. both(prenominal) stories are about two families who confide the States, their home country, to go to a impertinent land.The two heads, however, direct for precise different reasons, hardly they do close to leave their families with no choice but to go with them. In The Mosquito Coast, Allie results his family to the Central American rainfallfall forests as a means to escape America and its fate with the Atomic Bombs. Allie also believes that his scientific research is non of any honour in America, and believes that his inventions would be more precious if they where taken into areas that have barely been affected by civilization. Nathan, however, leaves his family with no choice when he says that they are moving to the Congo as part of his missionary elaborate.He was real offered this job, and alikek it in good stride, believing that he should take his message to places which are slight civilized. Nathan Price is a Baptist Minister who lives his life by the Bible. He believes that he is a coward for having escaped the fate of being killed in the Battaan Death March, where his whole team died, but he survive due to precedent injuries. After that incident, Nathan became quite obsessed with the topic of God hating him for his cowardice. He vowed never to be a coward again and devoted his life to saving as many souls as he could.Nathan becomes so obsessed with his serve that he believed that e very(prenominal) obstacle in his way was a test by God to see his resilience. Allie, on the other hand, is an inventor, so claimed by his son, Charlie. He bets to be obsessed, provided thinks quite morally. Allie believes that America is dying, so he decides to leave as he thinks it is too painful for him to watch something he loves die. He gave the slip of his mother, who was in hospital when she said wherefore dont you just give me rat embitter? , whereupon Allie said that he left, as he could non bear watch loosing mortal close.Both Nathan and Allie share the aforementioned(prenominal) compulsion of getting to their goals. So much so, in event, that they forget about their families upbeat and condom some exclusively. Even when There is a sudden turn of events, they seem resolute by what they call their destiny. Nathan was unmoved by the death of Ruth-May as he sees the rain as an opportunity to baptize the locals, kinda of mourn for his daughters loss. Nathan blames the fact that Ruth-May was not very baptized, hence fashioning her death somewhat acceptable to him.Allie believes the destruction of his machine was somewhat gage up by Reverend Spellgood. Allie seems to be a very non-religious person, however, he does know the quotes of the Bible. This says that Allie explores a fewer possibilities, yet he exclusively decides to expand on those that he likes. In that manner, N athan is somewhat unwise in his approach to helping the people. He decides, as briefly as he arrives at his sign of the zodiac in Kilanga, to set up an American Garden, whereby he will make provender for his family as well as argue the the people of Kilanga his prosperity just because he does not worship false idols.Nathan attempts to al approximately force his ways and ideas onto the Congolese people. He seems unbent on his determination to show no cowardice, yet he does not seem willing to accept other ideas. At a point, he does see that Mama Tatabas technique to plant his beans seem to be more appropriate, and does actually ingraft those ideas. As time passes by, and he sees not much crowd in the Church, he some looses his mind and then decides that all his obstacles where placed by God to deter him and to test him.This is very contrary to what Allie does at the beginning of the movie. Although he may have moved from the USA and dragged his family along, he decides to take a different approach into do his way into the locals hearts. Where Nathan attempted to force his ways onto the locals and believed that he was superior, Allie unconquerable to work with them. He said before the project began If I dont work hard enough, you tell me. I am not your boss, I am your friend, and I want to work for you .He may have planned out the project, but he certainly did work as though he were at a lower place instructions to do what he was told. He seemed very cooperative, and whenever Mother Fox got any materials to share, she enhanced her husbands popularity by sharing those goods, for example the c plenitudeh she was given by the missionaries. She do clothes for her daughters and noticed that Mr. Haddy, a local, was eying the cloth, she decided to make one for him. In the following(a) scene, it shows that everyone on that small island was wearing the homogeneous yellow piece of cloth in some shape of form.Had Nathan been in this situation, he would probably h ave told his wife of for liberal away their resources to the unsaved souls, yet he superpower also see it as a tactical move to make them go to Church. Allie took this in stride and make the most out of the peoples gratitude towards their family by still making them work hard. Nathan and Allie both seem very lifelike characters in their own environments and also in the real world, they could be anywhere amongst us. Their obsessive and arrogant attitudes can be seen in quite a few people who seem quite resolute to get what they want.Nathan seems very lifelike and rule at the beginning, where the externalise of a hardened Baptist Minister is portrayed. As the story progresses, that image becomes a haze and a more arrogant and devoted trait comes to light, towards the end, he seems possessed by his work, whereupon he forgets the welfare of his own family, re primary(prenominal)ing undeterred by the death of one of his own children. This, towards the end, seems fairly unrealisti c and immoral. However, the presence of this possibility is in spades strong.Allie seems like a genuinely shell and friendly person at the beginning, and this is completely believable. Many people use the same cover of formula that they are all equal in order to get work done. His depression also seems very lifelike as he seems to be completely shattered when he sees his good Ice Machine blow up. Yet, towards the end, he does seem also obsessed with the idea of exploring new possibilities. He does go paranoid, view that his family is against him, so he forces them to sit on their home-turned-boat and decides to go upriver.When the rotor breaks away from the main engine, Allie goes underwater to get it. Due to his elongated period underwater, his family worries and Charlie gets the idea of heading back downriver to get help from Mr. Haddy, and quite possibly also return to America. As soon as this idea is shared, Allie comes up and realizes that his own kids are conspiring again st him, and punishes them for it. This seems extreme, yet perfectly possible for a man who seems to be addicted to his goal. Not only do Nathan and Allie share similarities, but also their wives.Both Orleanna and Mother always seem to be following their husbands orders, yet at a point, they both realize that what they are doing is wrong. Towards the beginning, both wives are happy to see their husbands workings outside, Nathan in the garden and Allie in the jungle clearing space for his house. Orleanna seems to realize quick on in the story that Nathan could potentially get them hurt, and decides to speak up. This, comparing to Mothers timing, seemed quite early. This could very likely due to the fact that Nathan seems uninterested in his family and Allie cares a lot about them.Mother only decides to go against Allie when they reach the Ocean and the whole family is disdainful with the thoughts of returning to America, when Allie destroys their zeal by saying that America isnt there and that they werent going back. This made Mother question Nathans morality, whereupon the lack of enthusiasm spreads across the whole family. Allie goes from being a friend to a draw well-nigh spontaneously. Orleanna starts to make plans of escape immediately after(prenominal) she gets better from hearing the news of the Congo going into an election period and that her family was staying through and through it, due to her husbands arrogance.She does eventually leave him, however, Nathan changes slightly in a way one may perceive apologetic. Allie, after intent Reverend Spellgoods church bell, goes back to see his family leaving him, and says that they couldnt live without them. When he gets shot, their family escapes with his hurt body on the boat. All the characters in both the book and the movie seem incredibly lifelike as the uninspired family is put into extreme conditions. This causes the stereotypical families, which mainly include of the male being the leader f the house, the bread earner, and the females being the followers, domineering her children to follow her father and herself. This changes very quick when the two families go through some trouble in their respective environments, cause the males to get angrier and the females to look out for the welfare of her children more than anything. Both men forget about the opinion of their families (Nathan, ofcourse, not caring about their opinion anyways), and seem set on doing everything possible, except return to the life of luxury.