correct. A novel must entertain the reader before a novel teaches the reader... If not‚ the reader would have no interest in finishing the story. Barbara Kingsolver did not live up to her contract. The Bean Trees is a down-right uninteresting novel and has no relation to any normal person. The Bean Trees tells a heart warming story about a woman and her daughter trying to get away from town and start a new life. Going by that perspective you could say that this novel could be slightly relatable to some
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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 oneself by depending on one another. Symbols constantly present inside of the storyline appear as subtle
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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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Throughout the novel‚ 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
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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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Themes in the novel “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver include the importance of family and the need for community as emotional support systems for individuals facing hardships. As the individuals face their hardships‚ Kingsolver binds them together with support‚ forming a community that at times functions like a big extended family‚ however non-traditional it may be. Kingsolver not only illustrates the importance of family as an emotional support system in today’s society‚ but the changing face
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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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Author use many symbolism in the book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. She uses symbolism because it makes it easier for readers to understand the deeper meaning or feeling of the character or the events that are happening. For example‚ author uses the symbolism of bean trees as transformation and Ismene as the abandoned children to show the deeper meaning of them. “Turtle was staring up at the wisteria flowers. “Beans‚” she said‚ pointing... We looked where she was pointing. Some of the wisteria
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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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the bad things that had happened in the relationship. The Bean trees by Barbara Kingsolver also deals with a new mother who has to learn to do things on her own. This story is about a baby who was abused and abandoned‚ and she is later is given to the main character Taylor‚ outside the bar. Throughout the story the baby and the main character develop a very loving relationship. In The Bean Trees‚ the motif beans helps to convey the theme that‚ like a dried up seed‚ people can experience growth in
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