Anchor: A minority of reviewers find the political messages heavy-handed and say the novel is more like a starklylit morality play (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). (Listen to Kingsolver read an excerpt from this book.)
Entailed: Some reviewers found the novel's emphasis on politics too hamhanded.
Contradiction: Most reviewers agreed that the political messages in the novel were just a little bit too much.
Contradiction: Women watching basketball game on TV.
Contradiction: A person skateboarding.
Contradiction: The people of the village had not a care in the world. 
Contradiction: A man exits a portable restroom.