Adversity In The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

Adversity is a basic part of humanity. Without adversity there would never be progress, however, it can be excruciatingly painful. So how-if it is so painful-could this led to progress and relief? Adversity is conflict, it is struggle, and once struggle occurs, the problem can be noticed. This is shown to be true by Barbara Kingsolver in The Bean Trees, Desiderius Erasmus in In Praise of Folly, and Dave Philipps in “Second Judge Blocks Trump’s Transgender Ban in the Military”. The struggle of adversity is necessary for change, and avoiding adversity is what leads to longer suffering. While adversity is painful in the moment, it allows change offering relief to those in pain. In the story The Bean Trees, the character Taylor faces adversity …show more content…
Many trans people thought that things had been looking up, however, Trump presented a whole new struggle to face. Through this adversity, however, the community has found some allies. “But while Judge Kollar-Kotelly did not specifically block a Trump administration policy prohibiting gender-reassignment surgery for service members at the government’s expense, Judge Garbis’ order does.” (Philipps, 2017) Legally, many promises that come out of the president's mouth aren’t possible. The fight against the restrictive force that is Trump and the rest of his team is coming on strong, and the judges fighting him are not likely to back …show more content…
No matter where one is from, what one’s gender is, what one’s intelligence is, anything and everything. Everyone faces adversity; sexism, racism, homophobia, class discrimination, transphobia, and dozens more examples. However, when these wrongdoings are confronted, and attention is drawn to them, people can get relief. For Taylor in the bean trees, she had to let herself look at the situation from a new angle, realising the pressures from her past and accepting that she lived in that world once, and lives in a new one now. During the humanist movement, the church had to be exposed for their lies in order for the public to accept this alternate perspective. Once the information was out there was actually a chance for acceptance. Now, right now, a similar thing is going on in the transgender community. When trump made the outrageous announcement about transgender members of the military, it was received with mixed reviews but soon talk about it quieted. Once the people started to call him out a fight back change actually happened. Judges started overruling the statement, clearing the air about what the law states. The three groups discussed represent one idea, the idea of individuality. Each of these people want to have the freedom to be themselves. Adversity is needed for change to occur. The pain is made stronger during the fight, but once the fight is over, people are able to make peace with their past and