Leah Price is one of four Price daughters, and the fraternal twin of Adah Price. Leah grew up worshiping her father, and wanting to grow up to be just like him. She had always loved when he allowed her to help him with certain duties around the house and church. Leah is an idealist, and very passionate and compassionate, which in turn contrasts her fathers ways. Because of this, she begins to adapt to the ways of the Congolese which causes her to lose her faith in her father, and ultimately her religion. At points in the novel, Leah reveals her worries that she may of caused Adah to be handicapped. In the novel Adah faces death multiple times, and due to being handicapped, struggles to fight with it. For this, Leah blames herself for taking the nutrition away from Adah while they were in their mothers womb. Leah never loses her sense of idealism, she just switches it from the idealistic view on religion, to social justice.
Significance of the name "Leah"
In "The Book of Genesis" Leah was placed on the front line of a war with her children, while her sister Rachel was placed safely near the rear of the army.
This relates to Leah Price because during their stay in the Congo, Leah was put on the front line for hunting with all the men, while Rachel Price along with the rest of the Price family stayed back and collected the animals that were shot. When Leah Price grew up, she remained in the Congo to try and bring it social justice. Therefore the people of the Congo could be seen as her children since she has so much authority over them.
