The Bean Trees Summary
Barbara Kingsolver

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The Bean Trees Summary

Barbara Kingsolver demonstrates that politics are personal in The Bean Trees, her novel of friendship and survival set in the and American Southwest. The novel focuses on Taylor Greer's search for a new life as she moves from her dull Kentucky home to exotic Arizona and the lessons that she learns along the way. Taylor's adoption of an abused Cherokee toddler, her friendship with a pair of Guatemalan refugees...

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

The Bean Trees

3,778 words, approx. 13 pages

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Bom in 1955 in Annapolis, Maryland, Barbara Kingsolver later settled in Tucson, Arizona, attended graduate school, and worked at the university there. Eventuall... Read more

Barbara Kingsolver Biographies (2)

Barbara Kingsolver

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Biography EssayBarbara Kingsolver renews the Western literary landscape by debunking the myths of individuality and self-determination. Her heroines lead meaningful lives by relying on compromise and ... Read more

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver renews the Western literary landscape by debunking the myths of individuality and self-determination. Her heroines lead meaningful lives by relying on compromise and community. King... Read more

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Critical Review by Margaret Randall

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Critical Review by Carol Kleiman

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The Meaning of Birds In The Bean Trees

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The Meaning of Birds Lions, tigers, and bears are all animals used to symbolize humans and their mannerisms. Birds can also be used to relate to humans, as they seem to possess many of the same char... Read more

Kentucky: A Family Environment

1,678 words, approx. 6 pages

Kentucky: A Family Environment Through out the novel, "The Bean Trees", by Barbara Kingsolver, there are many important themes, such as responsibilities, blessings, and women proving themselves to... Read more

The Bean Trees

837 words, approx. 3 pages

The Bean Trees In the book " The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsoliver there were many different topics talk about. There was also a lot of symbolism in the things that were talked about, like the ... Read more

The Bean Trees

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What outfit should I wear? Which route would be fastest? These are decisions that people make everyday. Most decisions are made in the blink of an eye, but not all decisions are that simple. In Bar... Read more

Bean Trees and Single Parenting

808 words, approx. 3 pages

In today's modern society, there are still some parents that must deal with the responsibility of taking care of a child on their own. Therefore, single parents are continuously faced with many obst... Read more

The Bean Trees

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A "nuclear" child is a child with more than enough to have a complete and pleasant life. The child has both parents who make good money and has a nice house in the suburbs and has many friends. A ... Read more

The Bean Trees, Symbolism

792 words, approx. 3 pages

Life is full of unexpected surprises. Barbara Kingsolver apparently understood this, and modeled the lives of the characters in her novel, The Bean Trees, accordingly. Kingsolver richly develops a... Read more

Relations

601 words, approx. 3 pages

Goodwill. It's not just a place where "poor" people shop. There is not trashy stuff there. Everyday people shop there. Even Cynthia, the social worker, goes there to find a little cameo pin to complet... Read more

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