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Melissa Dailey
English 3B
6 February 2014
Literary Analysis In The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver there are many different relationships between characters. Some are more important to the story, like the relationship that Taylor and Turtle share. Other characters that develop relationships are Taylor and Lou Ann, and Taylor and her mother, Alice. All of these relationships are also very symbiotic because the people rely on each other, without each other they would have much different lives. The author shows how Taylor grows through her relationships and the dependence they have on one another. Another important relationship that we see in The Bean Trees is the relationship between Taylor and her mother, Alice. Alice is a single mother who raises Taylor on her own until Taylor is old enough to move out of town. I believe that her mother serves as a role model for all of the other future women throughout the book. She raised Taylor as a confident young woman who would not be held back. Taylor’s father, Foster, left her and her mother before she was born, but Alice still has a very positive outlook on life. She tells her daughter that “trading Foster for you was the best deal this side of the Jackson Purchase” (6). She shows Taylor that she does not need her father, Foster, to love life because she has her. Love and support is found in this relationship especially from Alice to Taylor. Taylor says, “There were two things about Mama. One is she always expected the best out of me. And the other is that no matter what I did, whatever I came home with, she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars” (13). Alice really motivated Taylor as her mother to go far in life and would praise her to let her know she is doing well. Since they had this strong mother and daughter relationship, Taylor has the courage to leave Pittman to escape motherhood and become the best person she could be, for her mother and
Melissa Dailey
English 3B
6 February 2014
Literary Analysis In The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver there are many different relationships between characters. Some are more important to the story, like the relationship that Taylor and Turtle share. Other characters that develop relationships are Taylor and Lou Ann, and Taylor and her mother, Alice. All of these relationships are also very symbiotic because the people rely on each other, without each other they would have much different lives. The author shows how Taylor grows through her relationships and the dependence they have on one another. Another important relationship that we see in The Bean Trees is the relationship between Taylor and her mother, Alice. Alice is a single mother who raises Taylor on her own until Taylor is old enough to move out of town. I believe that her mother serves as a role model for all of the other future women throughout the book. She raised Taylor as a confident young woman who would not be held back. Taylor’s father, Foster, left her and her mother before she was born, but Alice still has a very positive outlook on life. She tells her daughter that “trading Foster for you was the best deal this side of the Jackson Purchase” (6). She shows Taylor that she does not need her father, Foster, to love life because she has her. Love and support is found in this relationship especially from Alice to Taylor. Taylor says, “There were two things about Mama. One is she always expected the best out of me. And the other is that no matter what I did, whatever I came home with, she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars” (13). Alice really motivated Taylor as her mother to go far in life and would praise her to let her know she is doing well. Since they had this strong mother and daughter relationship, Taylor has the courage to leave Pittman to escape motherhood and become the best person she could be, for her mother and