Ruth May’s death heavily affects Leah. In a way, this is a very eye-opening moment for
Leah and the other girls. It reminds her that terrible things happen in the world and nothing can be done to change that. For all of the Price family, this was the “nail in the coffin” that let them decide to leave Kilanga once and for all. Ruth May’s death served as both a representation of the cruel, unpredictable nature of the jungle, a final reason for the Prices to leave Kilanga, and
Nathan Price’s heartless nature. After Ruth May dies, Nathan simply remarks that it’s a shame she hadn’t been baptized yet, then carries on with his day. This also confirmed to Leah that her father is a cold, heartless man who she shouldn’t look up to as a role model. It
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She was the first of any of the
Price family to have friendly interactions with any of the villagers (even if they were all with children of similar age). All of the village children came to her funeral and mourned her tragic
Campbell 7 death. Ruth May’s death is the first real tragedy experienced by the Price family. For them, things are put into perspective by this, as terrible things like this happen all the time in the unforgiving jungles of Africa. When exposed to these surroundings for a long period of time, like the native villagers have been, a person eventually becomes desensitized to horrible tragedies such as this one. However, it is incredible how nonchalantly both Nathan and Rachel act in the wake of Ruth May’s death.
Rachel Price’s fate as an adult provides an interesting contrast to both Leah and Adah’s.
Rachel is as ditzy and oblivious as ever, almost like a Paris Hilton of the Price family. She owns a hotel with Axelroot, but he is always away from home on shady business ventures. Unlike
Leah, Rachel is self-centered, unintelligent, and shallow. She marries multiple times and eventually ends up as the owner of The Equitorial, a fancy, whites-only hotel in South