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Detailed Analysis of "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver including themes, plot summary, major and minor characters and more.
Title: Detailed Analysis of "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver including themes, plot summary, major and minor characters and more.
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 692 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Detailed Analysis of "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver including themes, plot summary, major and minor characters and more.
The Bean Trees
-Title and Genre: The Bean Trees - Historical Ficton
-Author: Barbara Kingsolver - April 8, 1955; lives in Kentucky; still living
-Publication Date: 1988
-Plot Summary: The Bean Trees follows the story of Marietta Greer who lived in Kentucky, but eventually drove away. On her way west, she arrives in Taylorville where she changes her name to Taylor and involuntarily is given an abused Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle. Then, in Tucson, she meets …showed first 75 words of 692 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 692 total…story definitely makes you feel closer to Turtle and the other characters. Also, since she is partially Native American, she can relate more to Estevan and Esperenza and feel more sympathetic for them. The author also makes it important that the theme of this book is about women because it is only Turtle, a girl, who is sexually abused, and it is only the women in the story that support each other in tough times.
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