First, daughter of Nathan, Rachel was one daughter that at first was not to happy of the move to The Congo in Africa, and also has no faith in her father's purpose of moving there, as the same with a few of the other Price daughters. She begins to start disliking the move even more after her father fails at supporting the family, trying to spread his word of Christianity, and the death of her sister, Ruth May, from being but by a poisonous snake. However, after her sisters and her mother leave Kilanga, she is flown into Johannesburg and later marries three men, the last one leaving her a hotel in the French Congo. So while she might have disliked the move, in the end, she continues with a good life, which probably wouldn't have happened if the move to Africa didn't happen. The same with her other sisters, all having better lives.
However, there is one character that experiences the opposite, of what was thought to be an enriching experience, which was the father, Nathan Price. In the story, he thought that the move to The Congo, Africa to spread the word of Christianity would be a good idea. He looks at it brightly, and thinks it will be successful, but ends up failing with events happening like the failure to grow food, and failure to baptize villagers of Kilanga. Then after the death of his daughter, Ruth May, his family leaves him and move to various locations. So unlike his daughters, Nathan did not have a good experience going through exile with the move to Africa.
So these are two examples of exile in The Poisonwood Bible that relate to Said's quote about exile and it being a terrible and enriching experience with Rachel's experience being happy in the end, and Nathan's good idea becoming a bad idea, which helps prove Said's point about exile.
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