Bean Grower Character

The first characteristics of the female characters is the strong headed and independent qualities in both, in “The Bean Grower” the female character begins to be strong headed and push people away “ I can’t go,” “but you go if you want.” “She didn’t have to say “and don’t bother coming back.” “He must know that. There were limits to their commitment. Survive together until one or the other them got cold feet. Apparently he had” (56). Although Fabienne was pushing Wilson away deep down inside she wanted him near her. In “Jungle man” the female character is enjoying the life in India. When she realized that she has someone to help and show her things. She began to not want the help “You want me to wake you up in the morning?” “I’ve got my
own alarm. Goodnight” (78). The nice gentlemen were just being nice and willing to help her out. Instead she wanted to be strong headed and act hard. Being strong headed and Independent women, a woman has the tendency of not wanting help from anybody especially men. Once a women develops that they can do it on their own. They do not want anyone to tell them anything differently. The female characters had people that were willing to help them out and showed them the right things. Because of having that independent mindset that they can do it the females turns the male help down. In the middle of the stories, both characters began to get involved in sexual tension.