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worthlessness, we can reflect upon what we have, which consist of our memories and experiences we’ve shared with loved ones, which ultimately makes us rich. Gwendolyn Brooks, the poet of the poem, “The Bean Eaters,” illustrates this powerful theme by painting vivid imagery for her reader. “They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.” (1) Brooks provides this meaningful quote to convey many aspects and to thoroughly enable the reader to grasp the overall theme. The “they” the author refers to is…

Due to the fact, that the increase of radicle length within lentil bean seeds was affected by the environmental aqueous solutions, which was made up of either a table sugar, dextrose or a control. It presented that there was not a statistical difference between the table sugar or dextrose aqueous solutions in comparison to the radicle lengths since the P values were less than 0.05. Although, there was a statistical increase in radicle length with the comparison to the control. If these seeds…

The Laws of Morality. The book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver tackles some large important ideas. One of the most impactful ideas Kingsolver looks at is the idea of a person's moral code being more important than the law. Some examples of when this idea is brought up are Mattie helping refugees from Guatemala and El Salvador, Taylor’s favor for Estevan and Esperanza, and Estevan and Esperanza's favor for Taylor. By looking at these three examples it becomes obvious that throughout the…

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is about a girl named Taylor Greer who packs up everything she has from her small town in Kentucky and moves across the country to where her very old car finally gives out. Taylor has nothing more than a couple hundred dollars, a junk car, a lot of ambition, and her morals. The book portrays her as a strong person who isn’t to be messed with. She doesn’t let the fact that she is a woman affect anything she does, because deep down it’s obvious that it doesn’t…

The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, tells the story of a woman named Taylor who falls for a man who is forbidden to love. Taylor adored a man named Estevan because of his vast vocabulary, gorgeous Mayan skin, and his way of thinking.Taylor knew everything about him was perfect, such as his white straight teeth and adorable laugh, but there was one thing stopping her from asking him out, his wife, Esperanza. For example, such as when Taylor thought to herself, “Estevan took off his shirt and…

In Barbara Kingsolver’s classic tale of a girl's journey for a new life, The Bean Trees, have you noticed all the intuitive tools she utilizes to capture readers. Kingsolver uses Imagery, Symbolism, and Allusion to convey the importance of family and show how the characters adapt to adversity. Her words mix and match to engulf readers and make us feel as if we've experienced Taylor's journey ourselves. Kingsolver’s fantastic Imagery helps build a view of the completely new environment in…

begins to experience the nature. The Bean Field and Brute Neighbors from Thoreau’s experiences in Walden demonstrate an important aspect of life. In The Bean Field, Thoreau describes his life in cultivating beans on a rural field. Meanwhile, Thoreau explains his observation of the ant combat in Brute Neighbors. Overall, The Bean Field and Brute Neighbors suggest that every life has its own purpose and the purpose help creates a meaningful life. In The Bean Field, Henry Thoreau demonstrates…

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Rate of Respiration from Refrigerated, Sprouted Mung Beans; Room Temperature Sprouted Mung Beans, and Moss at Room Temperature, and Yeast? Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the rates of respiration within refrigerated and non-refrigerated Mung beans. Cellular respiration is the oxidation of glucose molecules (C6H12O6) to produce ATP, CO2, and H2O. The generalized/condensed version of this formula is: C6H12O6 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP (Energy). The specimen’s speed at which…

Summary Over the summer, St. Francis High School juniors were required to read Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. The novel is about the protagonist, Marietta Greer, otherwise known as Missy who starts out in her hometown in Kentucky. Her only goal is to leave the town after graduation without getting pregnant. Once she does leave, she starts on a road trip by herself. She ends up changing her name to Taylor after Taylorville, the first town she landed in. At Taylor's next stop in Oklahoma at…