Both Uses of
alliance
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- I gathered through overhearing my parents that Brother Fowles had entered into unconventional alliances with the local people, and too he was a Yankee.†
Chpt 1 *alliances = associations formed to support common interests
- Anatole is very well respected; my alliance with him will save me, or it won't.†
Chpt 5alliance = association formed to support common interests
Definition:
an association formed to support common interests