A Reading of Gwendolyn Brooks “The Bean Eaters” Gwendolyn Brooks poem “The Bean Eaters” is about an old couple and how their lives changes. As they get older, they end up living in a small back room eating mostly beans. Old age can be a dark time but remembering the good times will keep people going. This poem implies that old age can be boring. For example, “Two who are mostly good/ Two who have …showed first 75 words of 804 total…

…showed last 75 words of 804 total…age doesn’t seem fun, but one thing that can keep people going is remembering the good times they had. I feel that this poem shows how even if you have not accumulated all of the material things that our society feels necessary, as long as you have someone to love and love you, you have succeeded in life. This shows the importance of a strong and positive relationship between a woman and a man.