The Bean Trees

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Term Paper Title	The Bean Trees
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The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kinsolver is a book that discusses many of
the problems in today's  society. I found it to be over all insightful yet a
little boring at time. There are many hidden meaning and symbols too
many to mention so I'll look at just a few.

One of the main symbols appears right at the beginning of the novel. The
symbol is the tires and how Missy (later named Taylor) fears them. The
tires come up several times in the story and so does Taylor's fear of
them. This fear originated from the accident with a tractor tire that
Taylor viewed as a child. Her fear leads to an irony later in the story
when Taylor is asked by Mattie, a friend of hers, to work at a tire shop.
This is very ironic when she takes the job because she has tried to avoid
tires and even got nervous when changing her car tire. Yet she ends up
working in the shop and overcoming this fear with help from Mattie.
This also is an example of how Taylor is a round character and grows
throughout the story. Another irony near the beginning of the story is
when Taylor's car breaks down and she is given an Indian baby, she
finds herself in the predicament that she was trying to avoid in
Kentucky.  Back in Kentucky she was proud that sing herself off from the world.

In the second chapter we meet Lou Ann a soon to be mother that is
having troubles with her marriage. Later she has a baby boy and her
husband ends up moving out. Lou Ann has a parallel situation to Taylor,
they're both on their own and have to take on the responsibility of a
child. When they move in together they find out that they situations may
be similar, but their personalities are quite different. On one hand
Taylor is a person who is very motivated; she speaks her mind most of
the time. Lou Ann is very timid, never wanting to cause trouble and
doesn't really stick up for herself or any of her idea's. Throughout  the
story both of them show that they're are round character, by how they
grow. Taylor realizes the important of friend and family. She finds out
that people you're close to can become like a ...

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