Within these pages the cultural aspects were explored, particularly concerning the differences of wealth, education, material importance and agricultural method.
When Leah tells Anatole of the vast fields of vegetables and plants, he doubts it as a possibility as he only knows of the smaller manioc fields of the Congo and therefore saw such a farfetched sounding idea impossible. He also brought up a similar point when comparing the Congo’s system of growing the food within the village to the American system of centralized cities which had their food imported. Anatole also doubts the possibility of supermarkets as he was unable to comprehend so much food being in such a concentrated area.
