The Poisonwood Bible is the story of an evangelical Baptist preacher named Nathan Price who uproots his wife and four daughters from modern American culture and moves them to the village of Kilanga in Belgium Congo as missionaries. He is stubborn and obstinate in all his ways. His approach is inflexible, unsympathetic and unacceptable towards the culture and customs of the people of Kilanga. Nathan Price exemplifies the words of Romans 2:4 which say, “Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, and not knowing the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” He did not share God's goodness, but sought to spread his pious agenda without compromise. Instead of leading people to God, he turned them away. Price doesn't try to understand people, and he and his family are ill-prepared to deal with the radically different culture and climate of which they are now a part. He overestimates the superiority of his American culture by trying to plant a vegetable garden. He plans to provide for his family and teach the natives agriculture to save them from malnutrition. The garden grows enormous but does not produce fruit because there are no African pollinators for the vegetables from America. Leah says, “But my father only needs permission from the Savior, who is obviously in favor of subduing the wilderness and making it a garden.” His lack of research and preparation showed his arrogance and selfishness in attempting to subjugate the Kilangan people with his Western civilization. Price is overly consummate and relentless in his attempt to baptize the villagers. Mama Tituba, the Price family's helper, becomes angry when she tells Price why the villagers are so afraid of being baptized... middle of paper... sing of Ruth May's death. His daughter Leah says: “I felt the breath of God cool on my skin.” She has a crisis of faith, she doesn't know what she currently believes about God and what she was raised to believe. Rachel says, “We should be the ones making the decisions here, but I don't feel like we're responsible for anything, not even ourselves.” This quote reveals Price's inability to convert Kilanga through his astringent witnessing techniques. Price's intent as a missionary was to lead the masses to God. Ultimately, it was his stubbornness and reluctance to change that caused him to lose his family. He also lost his life after being attacked by angry villagers who blamed him for the death of their children in the river. His efforts in leading the village to Christ ended up being what drove everyone away.