By the end of The Bean Trees‚ Taylor Greer is almost an entirely different character from the Marietta Greer that she was at the beginning of the book. Not only did she change her name to reinvent herself after leaving Pittman County‚ but she also underwent serious internal changes as well. When the book opened‚ Marietta was a poor girl from rural Kentucky who was too afraid of rejection to even apply for a job. By the end of the book‚ Taylor has become callous due to the nature of the life she and
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The Bean Trees: Character Analysis Taylor Greer is the primary protagonist of the adventurous tale taking place throughout multiple states in America‚ The Bean Trees. Taylor is girl from a town of simpletons‚ and she wants to escape that and live freely somewhere else. The Bean Trees is written by Barbra Kingsolver‚ an acclaimed author‚ and the story is about Taylor and her life after leaving a small town in Kentucky to find happiness. Taylor is a very complex person with a number of defining
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protect me from all the stereotypes and racism that I could be exposed to. The character Taylor Greer is very much related to my mom and the struggles that she faced with money and early parenthood. Turtle‚ is widely connected to me because her
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The Bird Plant On her journey to self-discovery‚ Taylor Greer manages to overcome her weaknesses and start a new way of life and while traveling she obtains a small Indian child (whom she subsequently names Turtle) who would later prove to have a huge impact on the course of her life. Throughout the novel‚ The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver‚ one discovers Taylor and Turtle’s process to obtain a better life: to escape‚ to seek a new way of life and to discover
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The Bean Tree Write a composition based on the novel you have studied discussing the basis for and impact of individual choices. What idea does the author develop regarding choices? 	Living is about making choices. The choices people make shape their lives for better or worse. Even the decision not to choose has its effects‚ often not wanted. But the individual who chooses to make positive choices and to act accordingly is more likely to see his or her life reflect his or her
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The Bean Trees “Before that exact moment I don’t believe I had given much thought to the future” (2). Throughout the entire novel‚ Taylor did not think very far into the future. If she would have done this more often her life could have been so much different. For example if she wasn’t so tired when Turtle was dropped off into her car by a random stranger‚ maybe she would have went back into the restaurant and asked to call the police. Of course keeping the child made her get attached over time
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handed to you? Odds are‚ you’d probably freak out and hand the baby over to the authorities or something similar to that. But not Taylor Greer in the novel The Bean Trees! The words that Barbara Kingsolver chooses to use show a tone of informality and humor. One way Kingsolver establishes an informal tone is by using long‚ run on sentences and everyday words. When Taylor gets a job at Tuscon after she stops traveling‚ she says‚ “I lasted six days at the Burger Derby before I got in a fight with the
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Kingsolver focuses on family as a major theme. Taylor ends up with Turtle‚ and together they form a family. When they move in with Lou Ann and her son‚ their family grows. Neither Taylor nor Lou Ann can afford much; by sharing expenses‚ they help each other survive difficult times. Lou Ann considers Taylor and Turtle family because they’d "been through hell and high water together" and because they know "each other’s good and bad sides‚ stuff nobody else knows." Taylor and Lou Ann develop an enduring friendship
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The Screen (ROUGH) In modern society‚ it is very uncommon to find someone who does not watch any form of video entertainment. Television is so common in the better countries in the world and society does embrace it in their everyday lives. If society was asked‚ “How much TV do they watch daily”? They may give a wide variety of responses. Some the answers may range in between one to possibly even over twelve hours a day! The author Terrance Chiusano makes a statement on how much we are attracted
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Symbolism: In the novel The Bean Trees‚ Kingsolver uses wisteria vines and their bean pods to symbolize the potential for abused women to recover from their scarring experiences when given enough care and support. Kingsolver writes: ‘It’s like this‚’ I [Taylor] told Turtle. ‘There’s a whole invisible system for helping out the plant that you’d never guess was there.’ I loved this idea. ‘It’s just the same as with people. The way Edna has Virgie‚ Virgie has Edna and Sandi has Kid Central Station
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