Analysis Of The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

In the book, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, there are many different moments in the book that show what women may go through in their lifetime. Getting pregnant, moving away, people leaving, being alone, and other situations that still occur today. The main character Taylor moves in with Lou Ann, and young woman who was just left by her husband. She is caring for a child on her own and didn’t understand the struggle some women go through, until she decides to visit the strip club in her town, with a painting lady on the wall. “Lou Ann shuddered. ‘That door’s what gets me. The way they make the door handle. Like a woman is something you shove on and walk right through,” (Chapter 10, Kingsolver). Kingsolver could be trying to show