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Analysis Of The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

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The Bean Trees “The Bean Trees” was written by Barbara Kingsolver, a novelist, poet, and essayist. She was born on April 8, 1955. Kingsolver was raised in eastern Kentucky but now resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and children. The purpose of “The Bean Trees” is to inform people of the hardships of the real world and to promote social change.
As a matter of fact, this novel was published in the United States during eighties but 1988, to be exact. The significance of the 80s is that literature took a turn into post modernism which brings in stories of women of ethnic backgrounds, children and the working class. Post modernism is present in the book from Taylor’s Indian blood to being “the cleaning lady’s daughter.” During this time women were gaining their independence from men and becoming strong independent beings like the women Kingsolver portrayed.
The Bean Trees began in Pittman County, Kentucky during the early 1980s. Afterwards Taylor drove into …show more content…

The police began an investigation and realized that Taylor isn’t the legal guardian. During meetings with a social worker, Turtle was given dolls which she buried into the ground like all her bean seeds. The social worker steered Taylor into the right direction, helping her adopt Turtle. She came up with a plan to head for Oklahoma to find her legal parents and drop Estevan and Esperanza off where they’ll be safe. She searched the Oklahoma bar in which she first found Turtle but realized the same people weren’t there anymore, she couldn’t find the parents. They headed for Lake o’ the Cherokees. Turtle called out “Mama” at the sight of cemeteries but grasped the idea that Turtle’s mother had died. Esperanza and Estevan portrayed Turtle’s actual parents in front of a legal advisor who grants Taylor adoption papers. Esperanza and Estevan are dropped off at a sanctuary in Oklahoma. Mother and daughter return home happily as a vegetable soup

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