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    human life. Barbara Kingsolver using the book the Bean Trees to show how this and how this specifically affects females. This book is about Marietta, how changes her name to Taylor at the beginning of the book, decides to leave to leave her hometown to go west from Kentucky. But not long after she goes out on the adventure, she gets stuck with a baby, due to a woman giving it to her, and her plans start to get complicated.Kingsolver’s depiction of the bean tree functions as an analogy for female…

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    A Turtle and Some Beans Anais Nin, a renowned author, once wrote, “And the day came when the risk to remain a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom” (“Quotes About Growth”). In the story, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, the courage to bloom is one of the many themes. Taylor, a young woman travelling westward, is unwillingly given a child. Taylor and the child, Turtle, eventually settle in Arizona. They live with a woman named Lou Ann, and Taylor works at an auto…

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    In the poem Wisteria Vines, the speaker uses the motif of beauty springing from ugliness from The Bean Trees to communicate the theme of the importance of family and community, emphasizing how family, regardless of how atypical it may be, is necessary to "bloom" into something beautiful. This concept is stressed in the final stanza of the poem, when the speaker states, “The rhizobia are not actually a part of the plant, but they always live with the legumes: a kind of underground railroad moving…

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    to the whole society and also motivated females for their rights. It has become common today to discuss the female roles. The story "The Chrysanthemums" written by John Steinbeck, the movie Mona Lisa Smile starring Julia Roberts and the novel The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver tell the different stories, but they explore life though the similar theme…

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    As Princess Diana once said, “Family is the most important thing in the world.” Throughout the story, The Bean Tree by Barbara Kingsolver, there are many events that family and friends are extremely important to enrich people’s lives. There are many different plots throughout the story that are affected by family relations, and that makes friendships vital to the story. In the beginning, the story talks about how necessary Taylor’s mom is to her. Her mom is her whole life, and she’s the only…

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    The Almond Tree In the novel, The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohan Corasanti. The Almond Tree introduces a young Palestinian boy who is born in the midst of a country that is falling apart. In the text, Corasanti showcases a multitude of religious and political conflicts. These conflicts, mainly occur with the Palestinians and the Jews. Corasanti depicts the oppressive actions of the Jews and the Palestinians rise from the ashes. From the beginning of the novel, Corasanti has portrayed the…

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    Whether your trip to the woods in Ridley High School was to visit your grandmother, sell your cow, or break a spell, no doubt you enjoyed the stay. Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim, follows the story of a number of well-known fairy tales - Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood, along with the addition of two original characters, the Baker and his Wife. The first act retells the original stories, with some slight changes, as all of them are intertwined in…

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    Steadily Fading Most people think that being in college and living far from their family is a relief. Lisa Parker’s “Snapping Beans” tells how a young lady’s college experience was different. It wasn’t a relief from home. The “hickory leaf still summer green” blown off the tree symbolizes the young lady because she left her comfort place when she left for college in the North. She blew away from her family, as the leaf blew away from the tree. Smoldering inside, wishing she could answer her…

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    Helena Maria Viramontes’ short story “The Moths” follows a latina narrator as she recounts her childhood struggles with religion and family. To escape beatings from her father, her mother would send the narrator to “help Abuelita plants wild lilies” and other plants in “coffee cans”(322). Throughout the turmoil of her teenage years, the narrator’s Abuelita was always there to care for her. As the story continues, it is divulged that this time the help will be different because Mama Luna is dying…

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    a single shard written by linda sue park and this report was written by jonathan biscos the book single shard is about a boy named Tree Air and Crane Man. In this book tree air sees a potter named Min and everyday and goes inside a bush to watch him make pots. the historical technology were the spinning wheel that was made to make pots and kiln. The culture was in a time where they live in tiny houses and there is nobility and when a potter passed…

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