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Quote:"It's a very odd thing to recall, that we all looked up. NOt one of us looked at Ruth May. I can't say that Ruth May was even there with us, in that instant. Just for the moment it was as if she'd disappeared, and her voice was thrown into the trees. The she returned to us, but all that was left of her was an awful silence. The voiceless empty skin of my baby sister sitting quietly on the ground, hugging herself."(p.g. 363)
This quote was spoken by Leah. Ruth May was just bitten by the Mamba snake, but everyone wasn't aware of her injuries. The ironic thing about this quote is that, she wanted to become the thing that set her free. It was obvious that Ruth May wasn't herself ever since she was cured from Malaria, so her death was like her spirit set free. Also on page 239, Nelson says to Ruth May: "What is it? I said, but not any words came out of my mouth. I looked inside my two hands, where he put it, and there was a tiny box like what matches come in. A matchbox. The matchbox had a picture of a lion on the outside and I thought there would be a tiny little lion inside to be my pet, like the mean ones that eat the ants only nicer. Stuart Lion. But no. Nelson opened it up and took out something, I couldn't tell what. It looked like a piece of chicken bone with gristle and string all on it and sticky and comething black...He held it right up to my eye. There was a tiny hole your spirit inside here, he said here quick, blow in this hole. He opened up the peg and I blew in the little hole and quick he said my name Nommo Bandu Nommo Bandu Nommo Bandu! and shut up the hole with the little peg and Now you are safe. He said now if anything happenes to me, If I start fixing to die or something, hold on to thies tight and bambula! Ruth May will disappear!"
In class, my lit. Circle group discussed the family member from the Price family that indulged themselves in the Kongo culture the most. We chose Leah, because she showed the most signs of wanting to adapt to the culture the most. I noticed that the original quote that I'm writing about is told by Leah. Leah saying that she heard Ruth May's voice in the trees just shows how much Leah has adapted and started to believe in the Kongo's culture. This quote also shows Ruth May's free spirit, in the tree with the mamba snakes. Now she's truly happy and content, away from suffering and pain.