In Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Bean Trees,” chapter one is titled, “the one to get away”, to show that Taylor was successful in growing up right so that she could leave. Throughout the chapter, Taylor is contrasted from the Hardbines, who were bound to their places by multiple factors like marriage and children. Taylor ends up working at the hospital, which is one of the most important facilities in her town, meanwhile, the Hardbines are doing the opposite, that being creating work for those at the hospital. Another way to tell that Taylor was the one to get away, was how Newt Hardbine got the women, Jolene Shanks, pregnant. It was also something people expected someone like Newt would do. Despite the contradicting points, Taylor said that you
