Ernest Hemingway's The Bean Trees

The novel, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, is the story of Taylor who just finished high school. She never had the easiest life, but she was determined not to end up like her other classmates, barefoot and pregnant. “Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She knew. It was in this frame of mind that I made it to my last year of high school without event,” (Kingsolver, 3). Thinking like this she thought she would never end up with a baby, then Turtle came. An abused three year old girl was left with her at a bar without an explanation. Instead of leaving her behind, Taylor took her in and was raising her on her own without help. This was only one of the many hardships she went through, but her mother taught her well.

Throughout the novel, the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses various stylistic devices to create complex, symbolic, and significant literature that is also rich in meaning. In the assigned passage, Kingsolver incorporates several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and leave them with something to think about post reading.

In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “The Bean Trees”, she effectively uses colourful language to yield an image of rural Kentucky to her readers. Her descriptive imagery trigger thoughts, feelings, and mood. Kingsolver’s dialect, tone and Southern style also advance the plot which we see as she opens the story and as it progresses into each chapter.

The book The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, is a coming of age story about a young girl, Taylor, that is thrust into motherhood when a baby is left in her car. Taylor however, is not the only example of a mother in the story. There is Lou Ann and Esperanza, both literal mothers, but only one of them has their child to take care of. There is Mattie, one of the first people that Taylor meet in Tucson, and who becomes almost a surrogate-mother for both her, and also the refugees that she shelters. In all of the both literal and figurative examples of motherhood in the story, none of them really fit into the idea of a traditional family setting. Kingsolver is expressing to the reader that being a successful mother does not rely on whether the family is “normal”, but rather being able to do the best for your children.

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?)

In the book The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver there are many events that portray the main theme of the story. The story starts off with Taylor, originally named Marietta, leaves home to do something with her life. She decides to buy a Volkswagen in order to help her find herself. Her car eventually runs out of gas in a town called Taylorville so from that point on she would be known as Taylor Greer. As she continues her conquest he car breaks down in a land ruled by Cherokee Nation.

In this story “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingslover we meet Taylor Greer, an average teenager from Pittman, Kentucky. Even though Taylor has never been through anything truly horrific in her life how can she truly understand how unpleasant the world can be? Taylor’s personal growth in the “The Bean Trees” is a part of an uncertain journey because Taylor is thrown into motherhood and forced to see the bad experiences people go through in life.

He builds trust within his audience with several anecdotes that have detailed imagery to help build his credibility with his target audience: parents. This will help parents think twice about the actions they take in regard to their children. The author utilizes this rhetorical strategy throughout the essay, more specifically in the last paragraph. “But for a century, children’s early understanding of how cities and nature fit together was gained from the backseat: the empty farmhouse at the edge of the subdivision; the variety of architecture, here and there; the woods and fields and water beyond the seamy edges — all that was and is still available to the eye”( Louv,10). He appeals to his audience, which is most likely parents or adults, by reminiscing back to times without technology.

Failure to Thrive: Have you ever encountered a phase in your life that was preventing social and emotional growth? In this scenario, a failed marriage as well as a significant other's actions alone led to an individual's “failure to thrive”. Although failure to thrive is reversible, it can still affect social and emotional growth. Predominantly when deprived of validation and love. The character Lou Ann from the novel, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver is a good illustration of a character's inability to thrive and grow.

"There's more pressure on women today to be beautiful, thin, hot, sexy, and young." (English). Since the 20th century we have started relying on media and technology and this has influenced people to create new inventions but we have also started creating images of humans. When it comes to the ideal women the people in society have created her to be fit in the right areas. Women struggle with the insecurities of never being able to achieve the ideal body shape because the pictures are processed through Photoshop. This is also influenced on younger girls as they make every effort for a certain figure. In the novel, The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver criticizes over-sexualization, by using elements of fiction to show that many men are blind

Life is constantly changing, like clouds in the sky; always shifting and turning. People never really know which way life will turn next, bringing them fortune or failure. When you look at how things change it is best to compare it to something that you can relate it to. The changeable nature of life can be related to the novel 'The Bean Trees.' This is a book written almost entirely on dealing with changes in the characters lives.

“You have a face only a mother could love” Although a harsh insult this is for most mothers a very true statement. A mother’s love is something that you will probably not experience until you have your very own children. Motherhood can be a very sentimental topic in literature, especially when there is conflict with a child and their mother figure. In the book The Bean Trees there are several mother figures that each express their love for their child, even going great lengths for them. Throughout the many great themes of The Bean Trees this one by far sticks out the most because the book is mainly about a mother taking care of her child, that isn’t even hers, making many sacrifices to give her the best life possible. The main character,

The characters in the story act grown and ghetto, this may be why it makes the setting look like it’s in a tore down part of town. It shows that people act differently depending on where they live. I notice that the author uses dialect like “ain’t” and “cuz” to show contrast of how young they are but how grown the act. I also noticed striking language and actions that I hear on the everyday basis. The characters use the setting against other people in the story.

This included Air, land and water polluting, derelict warehouses and churches, high levels of graffiti, and also a large amount of traffic congestion. Some houses were in such a poor state, that they fell down with people living in them, resulting in a number of tragic deaths. The city had rapidly fallen into a state of ‘inner city decay.’

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.