Adversity In The Bean Trees

It is ironic that she left Kentucky to avoid getting pregnant, and then right in the beginning of her journey she is thrown into motherhood. When Turtle was flung upon her Taylor really just went with the flow and seemed calm, but she was terrified. She says, “I realized I had no business just assuming I could take responsibility for a child’s life” (186). She knows that she took on a huge responsibility but once her love for Turtle grew she knew that she wanted to accept that responsibility and in return she gains Turtle’s love back. The courage she started out with before this trip has now grown and it’s helping her in a positive way by allowing her to help out this abandoned young child.

In The Bean Trees, Taylor is consistently faced with a lack of choice. She decides to leave home, but on her way she stops at a bar and a woman puts a child in her car and leaves before Taylor can stop her. When she gets to a motel “[she] pulled off the pants and the diapers there were more bruises. Bruises and worse.” (31) The child abandoned had been sexually molested, making raising her a much harder burden since the child had experienced “a kind of misery [Taylor] could not imagine.” (31) Yet although the child, who Taylor names Turtle, is “just somebody [she] got stuck with” (70), she cares for her and she becomes like her own child. However, finding work and raising a child isn’t easy and “[she] was starting to go a little bit crazy. This is how it is when all the money you have can fit in one pocket, and you have no job, and no prospects.” (66) Taylor also realizes “that [her] whole life had been running along on dumb luck and [she] hadn’t even noticed.” She hadn’t been making any choices, just running with whatever life threw her way. Taylor finally realizes her luck has run out when she learns “[i]f a child has no legal guardian she becomes a ward of the state.” Turtle was not legally adopted by Taylor and therefore she could be taken away. Taylor now has the choice to either fight for Turtle or give up, but Taylor is convinced she doesn’t have a choice at all. Her friend Lou Ann calls her out on this, claiming “there’s got to be some way around them taking her, and

Epiphanies are central to the plots of many novels. In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover, the main character, Taylor Greer, has an epiphany that changes the course of her life. After Turtle is traumatized in the park, Taylor withdraws from her and the rest of the world, believing that no nothing she does truly matters. As Turtle improves, Taylor realizes that her positive actions do make the world a better place. When Turtle begins to talk again, Taylor has an epiphany and realizes that every small compassionate action is important and that even she can help make the world a better place. As a result of her epiphany, Taylor is more willing to help others. The positive results of Taylor’s epiphany are first shown when she decides to fight for custody of

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.

All around the world people are moving to find a better life, over 3.3% of the world's population are international migrants. People are always going through a rebirth from when they get a job to becoming a family or when they move. Rebirth is not always a big change, but it always changes life some way or the other. The characters in The Bean Trees lives are constantly changing during the whole book. Throughout The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, there is a common theme of rebirth that the characters Taylor, Turtle, Estevan and Esperanza all experience.

Throughout The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Marietta “Missy” Greer goes through many changes. For example, she changes her name to Taylor, adopts a child, and experiences life-changing events. When she left Pittman County, she probably did not expect to have a family that she avoided having in the beginning. Taylor left her home in Kentucky because she did not want to end up like all the other girls who did not finish school, got married early, and did not have much to look forward to in life. Taylor wanted a better life for herself so she left and made a new life in Tucson, Arizona. Some significant items that changed Taylor’s life along the way were Lou Ann’s ad in the newspaper, a photo of her with Estevan after Esperanza’s suicide attempt, and Turtle’s custody documents. These items are very meaningful because they play an important role in Taylor’s new life

Often time power can be understood as control of material resources and wealth, control of politics and the institutions that make up society (Hutchison,2015). It is important to recognize and identify the core concepts of power or lack of power with individuals in society. The conflict theory allows examination within the text of those who hold power and lack power. The end result of power to hold dominance over another person, group, or society. As a result of the control and power is causes those who lack power to be devalued or alienated from a setting or even society (Hutchinson, 2015).

Human nature is the psychological similarities and thought processes of humans. Key examples of this in "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver are social groups, the desire of freedom, and self-growth. Conversation and symbolism in the setting illustrate these instincts.

In The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor Greer and Lou Ann Ruiz are two characters who “mother” their children in different ways throughout the novel. Both mothers work together to raise their children. Lou Ann is an overprotective and cautious birth-mother, while Taylor is a spunky, determined, and unexpected mother. In contrast to Taylor, Lou Ann’s nervous and pessimistic attitude influences how she mothers Dwayne Ray. ( Trans- is it good?)

Congratulating All Women In the impactful novels I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, both authors set out to tell the story of women learning to obtain their voice when facing a society that deems them as unworthy. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is an exquisite memoir about the unforgettable events of Maya Angelou, set in Stamps, Alabama in the 1930s. It follows Angelou’s life from childhood to young adulthood, growing up as a minority, and never being fully considered.

The neighbors in The Bean Trees, were originally very rude, but after Taylor got to know them, they seemed very nice. Edna and Mrs. Poppy spent a lot of time with Mattie, Taylor, Turtle, Dwayne Ray, Lou Ann, Estevan, and Esperanza. Edna and Mrs. Poppy had been babysitting Turtle while Taylor was away. Mattie decided to take her, along with Estevan and Esperanza, to go out and smell the rain when it fell on the quenched ground. Taylor said, “I went upstairs to phone Edna and Mrs. Parsons...to say I’d be home later than usual. Edna said that was fine…” (Kingsolver 168). Taylor trusted her neighbors to look after her child and the neighbors were okay with her extending the time that they were watching Turtle. They had a friendship and a

The way a society is run and how things are enforced also can cause negative feelings towards power. It can cause many to rebel if they feel that a leader has too much control, and it can also make people covet and desire such strength leaders have. In Julius Caesar, Cassius

Power is a key component that society bases their foundation on. Without power, mass chaos would occur. Taken in the hands of those who take advantage of power nor deserve it, show that power is no longer worth it, but instead an issue of good and evil: Geoffrey Chaucer’s justified this in “the Wife Of Baths Tale” portraying the knight and the wife’s actions. Therefore those in power abuses their authority and others observing follow in their footsteps.

Power has been a problem since the beginning of time, and continues to this day to be a problem. While many struggle for it, many struggle against it. In the same many fear power and many fear not having it. There are many examples for this in just

Whereas, power can become the psychological property of an individual and its effects can be transferred beyond the social context where it is originally experienced. The Power-Approach Theory is the most articulate theory where it believes that power triggers certain behavior such as rewards, achievements and food. On the other hand, powerlessness can lead to anxiety and avoidance. The authors suggest that power can fundamentally change how people perceive and relate to each other. Power can also change individuals, and lead to effects on thought and behavior. A good example is Hitler, who I had a chance to read the book he wrote while he was in prison (My Struggle) in an attempt to understand how he became such a tyrant and a megalomaniac. Someone could argue that he became such a person due to his early childhood suffering and upbringing, which is not a justification for his actions when he came to power. Galinsky et al., (2011) confirms that power reveals the true nature of the person, and Hitler had hatred toward a certain group of people as he acted upon his rising to power to eliminate