Leah and Adah Price are night and day considering their personalities at the beginning of the book.
Leah is very idealistic, optimistic, and likes to jump into things. Where as Adah is a major pessimist and likes to step back and analyze a situation. Also, Leah almost worshipped her father and took whatever he said to heart, Adah questioned some of their fathers beliefs and had a better understanding of self-identity. Leah is a tomboy and always full of energy, and Adah suffers with her handicap and instead places herself as an observer.
Adah:
Later on in the story she overcomes her handicap, and chooses to speak more often. The turning point for her was when she found that really wanted to live when her life was in danger that one night in the Congo. She decides to start living her life more thoroughly instead of being a by-stander, and finds something that she wants to believe in, science. She dedicates the rest of her life to her work with viruses. Although, we can clearly see that she hasn't changed completely, because she has a tendency to go back to her old ways and sometimes longs for the way she used to view the world.
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