Chapter Summary Of Leah Sparknotes

Things begin to get harder in Kilanga because they are not getting money from the mission league and they have lost Mama Tataba due to their father going crazy. In the middle of the book, readers see an uncaring side of Nathan when Orleanna and Ruth May lay in bed all day. Instead of being a loving and caring husband and wanting to help them when they’re down, he does not care whether they are dying or not. Nathan yells at Orleanna for not getting out of bed and says that “she would heed God’s call soon enough, and get herself up and around.” (page 217) Ruth may gets sick with malaria and Orleanna just doesn’t care anymore. In the 3rd and 4th book in this novel Leah begins to realize who are father really is the longer they are in the Congo.

Leah is surprised to see her mother acting this way towards him but in her own way has an emotional connection to the same feelings her mother is having. For the first time Leah begins to grow suspicion to her father’s logic for staying in the Congo and keeping his family safe, “For the first time in my life I doubted his judgement.” To the readers it seems that Nathan doesn’t care whether they are murdered by these people because the only thing he believes is that God will work things out. Orleanna and the girls have decided they will not wait to figure out if God will work things out because they want out of there. The readers also learns that when Nathan and Orleanna do sexual things, Nathan attacks Orleanna for making him do something that would be a sin to God and despises his children for being the outcome of the situation. Leah starts to realizes how wrong her father is, “If his decision to keep us here in the Congo wasn’t right, then what else might he be doing wrong?”, when he doesn’t take them out of the Congo in dangerous situations. She starts losing faith in her father and the things he believes

Leah sees the ground up side in her when she tries to talk to Anatole because she does not want him to see her as a child. This starts the isolation of Leah from her father because instead of trying to impress him and be his favorite she is backing off and trying to impress Anatole. She starts spending many hours of her day with Anatole and helping him teach the kids in school. She hardly ever thinks about her father anymore due to realizing how crazy he is. Nathan goes insane when he isn’t heard by anyone because nobody cares about his beliefs or thoughts. Driver ants invade their villiage in the Congo and everyone is trying to safely get to the boats by the river. Leah is so frightened and upset about forgetting her sister Adah, she lets her feelings come out about Anatole saying “i love you”. Anatole does not say it back and even tells her never to say it again. This completely makes Leah feel isolated from not only her father now but everyone. Leah’s faith from her father is completely gone at the end of book 3 and she does not care about her father anymore as much as she did. Instead of Leah’s faith being about God, now she sees Anatole as her new