Trees

Huck Finn: The Trees and the Towns The journey of mankind's evolution from the barbaric apes of the past to the thriving civilization would not have happened without the trees, plants, and animals that supported such advancements. However, due to such advancement mankind begin to gradually distance itself from nature choosing instead to focus on their towns and cities. In the 1884 classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain chronicles a little boy’s journey on the Mississippi river that…

trust among the characters in The Bean Trees allows an easier healing…

"I guess you could say we're family." (Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees, page 310) I’ve always said that endings are my favorite parts of stories. They can turn a mediocre or good story into one that leaves you in disarray. I think this quote is the most essential because while it is at the very end of the book, I feel that it is Taylor’s final turning point. In the beginning, her one goal was not to be a mom (or at least not a very young one). In the first chapter, she ends up with a child…

The evergreen trees trapped under a pile of ashes, sweat, blood, guarded the aftermath of the winds, the fire, the storm, from them. It’s not easy to pick out what buildings were houses­–that people once lived in–or where those thousands had gone. After a while, the excitement of the cameras and flashes faded into a wave of heat choking out the last bit of life, the thousands left to walk into the invisibility of the air. The strong, invincible forest, evaporated into its vulnerability. By this…

quote is talking about how not everything you want is good for you. When a person wants something so badly that in the end what they desire the most is not the best thing for them in the end. An example of personification within the novel The Bean Trees would be this quote, “We’d come to a place you would never expect to find in the desert: a little hideaway by a stream that had run all the way down from the mountains…where it jumped off a boulder.” (95). By using personification, which is…

What do you see in a tree? Just a branch with leaves in the ends, or much more? In this essay, I’m going to be explaining how Sal, the main character, connects with trees and what trees mean to her. Trees are a big part of Sal’s life, but how and why are they so important? Do trees always have a positive effect towards Sal? Do the trees impact Sal in a negative way? And how did Sal get her name, (Salamanca Tree Hiddle)? As I was reading the book Walk Two Moons I’ve started to wonder some of…

the novel The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver. In this novel there are two characters that portray the struggles of immigration, named Estevan and Esperanza, who have run from their country (Guatemala) to find freedom and a new life. But coming to new land wasn’t easy for them because they had to face many issues and challenges throughout their journey. However, they get help from Taylor and Mattie, who help them through their voyage. Barbara Kingsolver, the author of The Bean Trees talks about…

cutting down many redwood trees that occurred in Northern California. Thousands of people came together during this time to stop the horrible destruction. Charles Hurwitz was the main person who was involved in the logging of the trees and he was the chief executive in charge at the Pacific Lumber Company (PLC) (“Letters to the Editor”). This occurrence did not affect him at all. The Earth only contains about four percent of its original redwoods, so the logging of these trees is very…

Single Motherhood in The Bean Trees In the United States, the effects of single-parent family life on children fall into two categories: 1) those attributed to the lower socioeconomic status of single parents and 2) the short-term consequences of divorce that moderate over time (Jrank 1). A single-parent family can be defined as a family where a parent lives with a dependent child/children, within either a house just for them, or a larger household, without a partner and/or spouse. Raising a…

With religion and personal emotion being expressed, Rembrandt’s The Three Trees has more to offer than a simple Dutch landscape. The three trees are the main attraction of this piece and convey a religious message inspired by Rembrandt’s environment. Rembrandt relies on a unique method of creating dramatic lighting to subtly express his feelings and direct the viewer’s eye within the piece. What is most interesting about this etching is how humans are used in this piece, the human figures in the…