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    The Bean Trees novel‚ written by Barbara Kingsolver is a novel that talks‚ particularly about the shared burden of Womanhood. The novel begins when a woman gives a female American Indian child to the protagonist of the story‚ Taylor Greer. Equality between women and men has been an issue around the globe for years. In some communities‚ women do have legal rights as many say‚ but many statistics have pointed out that men around the world have better access to education than women. According to women’s

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    message that Barbara Kingsolver relays in her book The Bean Trees. The Bean Trees is a story set in 1970’s Kentucky and Arizona about Taylor‚ a young woman growing up and becoming independent who has been affected by poverty her entire life. As the story unfolds and Taylor’s character is developed it is shown

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    Most authors convey an important message or idea throughout their noevls to give a greater understanding to their readers. In Barbara Kingsolvers novel‚ ’The Bean Trees’‚ a strong idea that was developed was the possiublity of new beginnings. ’The Bean Trees’ is the story of the protagonist Taylor Greer‚ who starts off on a journey from her home town of Kentucky to Arizona. Along the way she she is given an abandoned child which is the start to her learning about motherhood‚ becoming a women‚ the

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    Book‚ The Bean Trees was written by Barbara Kingsolver. Lou Ann is one of the characters in this novel. She is an innocent‚ insecure women and a fighter all in one. A cautious‚ patient‚ worrisome and caring single mother who will go to the ends of the earth to make her newborn baby‚ Dwayne Ray safe and sound in her little town of Tucson‚ Arizona. she longs for her husband and expresses her conviction that marriages and love should last forever but then she is introduced to Taylor Greer‚ who not only

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    In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver one of the main characters named Estevan says “We believe that if something terrible happens to someone‚ they must have done something to deserve it.” The author of the novel wrote it the complete opposite of what Estevan says‚ meaning bad things happen to good people and good thing happen to bad people. That it doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad‚ bad things still happen to good people and vice versa. Esteven is right‚ that we as Americans believe

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    In this passage of The Bean Trees‚ author Barbara Kingsolver uses the subtle nuances of literary diction‚ language‚ imagery and syntax to develop a familiar‚ colloquial tone. Her demotic English creates the conversational tone – everyday spoken language lends to a casual‚ relaxed effect. Additionally‚ Kingsolver creates a genial sense of writing by building warm imagery and a spirited sense of comfort. The piece uses concrete‚ pedestrian diction. It expresses a casual encounter between Lou Ann

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    activism. She also believes in writing that promotes social change in society. Barbara Kingsolver novel The Bean Trees reflects this commitment. The Bean Trees concerns Taylor Greer‚ a young woman who leaves her small hometown in Kentucky to search for a more fulfilling life. While driving west across the United States‚ Taylor becomes the protector of a battered child whom she names Turtle. Taylor and the child finally settle in Tucson‚ Arizona‚ where they share the home of Lou Ann Ruiz‚ a deserted young

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    Bean Trees DJ’s Eng. ½ PASSAGE: “I have been afraid of putting an air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine’s father over the top of the Standard Oil Sign.” (pg. 1.Barabara Kingsolver) RESPONSE: This was the first sentence of The Bean Trees. I honestly didn’t know what to think. Personally‚ I had to reread the sentence a few times to believe it. The first sentence of a book sets the tone of the story. I enjoyed it at one hand because it wasn’t the cliché

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    In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Bean TreesTaylor buys a picture book-about a farmer planting carrots under his rug-for Turtle‚ her adopted daughter‚ "who had managed to get through her whole life without a book”(Kingsolver 82). Although Taylor feels very proud of herself for providing educational resources for Turtle‚ Taylor admits that she has no money to buy more than two books‚ and her friend Mattie‚ who knows well about how childhood education influences children’s lives‚ is "concerned that

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    Germaine Greer‚ born on the 29th of January 1939‚ is an Australian Academic‚ journalist and schooler of early Modern English literature. She is well known for being a significant figure in late 20th century feminism. She is also easily Australia’s most famous feminist. Greer was born in Melbourne in 1939 and grew up in Mentone‚ her father was a newspaper rep’ who served in the wartime Royal Australian Air Force. She went to a private convent school‚ Star of the Sea College‚ in Gardenvale. In 1956

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