Holy Ghost Girl is a memoir written by Donna Johnson which describes her life accompanying a man named Brother Terrell who was a tent revivalist in the South. Donna was only three years old she met Brother Terrell and shortly after that her life would be forever changed. She would not only be living on the road but also would be left behind by her mother and would be forced to live with strangers. This memoir not only gives insight on what it would be like to a young child who does not have a permanent home but it also shows Donna’s struggle to understand why she has to live like this. One of the big ideas in this novel is giving to the Lord even when you cannot afford too. Brother Terrell pushes everyone in the tent sacrifice everything they have to the Lord. Holy Ghost Girl shows how willingly people are to give up their …show more content…
When the audience did not have money to give they sometimes gave valuable items such as jewelry. The staff when then take this stuff for themselves. The dynamic started changing in the tent. Instead of sacrificing everything for God and the tent they started taking things for themselves. This included Brother Terrell, who would steal jewelry for Carolyn. As time went on the group’s morals and ideals fell through. Not only were they taking the valuables people donated, they were lying to the audience who gave them away under the assumption they were doing it for the tent and God.
Holy Ghost Girl opens your eyes to how dedicated and passionate one can be about their religion, to be willing to give up everything they have for God. A big idea in this book is poverty, everyone remotely important in this novel was living in poverty. Yet, they still were giving everything they had to keep the tent revival alive. Holy Ghost Girl shows how willingly people are to give up their belongings even when they are in poverty to assure they will not go to