Family Relationships In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

As a punishment for committing adultery, Hester must wear the A until the court says she does not have to wear it any more. In addition, Hester, as a single parent, must raise Pearl until she grows up. When Hester gives birth to Pearl, the first thing Pearl noticed about her mother is the A. It physically tortures Hester to have to look at Pearl everyday, and think about her sin. Together Pearl and the A are constant reminders that she will never escape her past mistake.

Kingsolver even weaves her belief within the relationships between minor characters such as Virgie and Edna as well as Sandi and Kid Central Station. The relationship between Taylor and Turtle demonstrates how people need the generosity and empathy of others in order to survive. In the beginning of the novel, Turtle starts out as an unhealthy and uncooperative child. “‘Sometimes in an environment of physical or emotional deprivation a child will simply stop growing…’ ‘But she’s thriving now…’ ‘Well, yes, of course. The condition is completely reversible.’ ‘Of course,’ I said.”(Kingsolver, 166).

Alexa even hold information from her own mom who is blind and new to the whole scene where’s her new job is at . Jose and alexa think’s that puerto marino taking dolphins away from the waters underneath ..In the text laurie wrote Alexa back finally she told Alexa some important information. In the letter Laurie wrote it says “The U.S Military Flew Dolphins to Iraq to help clear the harbor in the Iraq war ”.In

In the novel, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, symbolic actions taken by the characters illustrates how anyone could be a person’s family through emotional support through hardships and life even if they are not related. Taylor ends up with Turtle and they form a family together, and when they move in with Lou Ann and her son, their family grows even bigger and stronger together. Even though Taylor and Lou Ann are no where near related, they still think of each other as family. Lou Ann talks about how Taylor and Turtle is her family and said, “I meant you all. Mainly I guess because we’ve been through hell and high water together” (309).

She spoiled you, She loved you more than she loved me” line 117, and she even blame her daughter for her sexual experience even if she had the same experience but she couldn’t tell her parents like she says. We can also see how the narrator find hope in the new shoes, every time she talk about the shoes that she bought to her daughter she think that she will come back for them, she take care of the shoes and keep it clean, preparing it to her daughter when she will come back searching for her new shoes as her mother thinks, she says “ I’ve tied the shoes’ laces together so they won’t get separated or lost. White laces, that I washed and ironed” line 31. What we can see from the story, how the author focused on the ways in which parents and children communicate, and how some parents don’t communicate or take care of their children, and also that to love your children is not how many presents you give to them, its how much time you can spend together, to give them advices and knowledge, to respect their choices and support

Is family important? Well, the most important theme in The House on Mango Street is family. This novel is about a woman named Esperanza that takes the reader through her struggles and complications of growing up. There are multiple reasons for why family is the most important theme in this novel. One of the reasons to support family is that it occurs a lot in this book.

Soon after, she was forced to marry Rasheed, her second act of bravery. Throughout her later life, she tried to get pregnant so many times, however, she could not because she had miscarriages. She is forced to cope with the new knowledge alone, having to bury the children alone in the backyard, time after time: “‘I’ve been thinking, though,’ Mariam said, raising her voice so as to be heard over the music…‘Then you do it,’ he said sharply. ‘I’ve already buried one son. I won’t bury another.

I’m Trying My Best We always say that we protect our loved ones from unfamiliar things or situations that may put them in danger, but is this true? . Are protecting our loved ones or ourselves?. The author May Chai Lee in the short story “Saving Sourdi”, it’s a first person perspective that talks about a young sister name Nea that wants to “save” Sourdi the older from a fix marriage that their mother has arrange with an older man. And how Nea deals with this events.

And for weeks afterwards, she avoided her sisters”(177). Choosing to not join the revolution made Dedé feel weak, but ultimately this decision is what saved her life. By following her instincts, comparatively to how butterflies follow their inner compass, she was able to be the lone surviving Mirabal sister. After her sisters deaths she became more involved in the movement and she grew braver. Dedé is a butterfly because she followed her instincts, but was able to be brave when the time

“ She understands and accepts their relationship. Her father and Mrs. Cadaver are just friends but Sal understands their relationship might grow into something even more. Sal learns to accept everything her father went through with Mrs. Cadaver. As a result of everything I wrote, I feel that acceptance is one of the major themes throughout the book Walk Two Moons. The author put many clues in the text of the book to support this theme.

The first essay I chose to read was called I Am in Dementia Prison with My Mom, Janet had no prior knowledge or understanding as to why her mother’s health, mind, and thought process was deteriorating. She couldn’t come to terms with her mom being mental sick and when she did she had help and support from her entire family. The second was titled Transferring Mom was New, But Restlessness and Inactivity Kindled her Agitation. Against her and he husband better judgment she took her mom to the store. I believe she did this because she did not want to tell her mom no, as a caregiver, especially to a loved one sometime following your intuition and saying no can be difficult being I may feel like you are taking away their rights as a person.

A social worker witnesses this and finds out that Taylor is not the real mother of Turtle and has no legal rights over her. She would have loss her to the state if the relatives weren’t found. Since this occurrence, her relationships grow stronger between her and Turtle. She pledges to fight for Turtle and does an extra step for keeping her. Ever since Taylor was given Turtle , her responsibility over another human being and dedication to Turtle’s health , show’s that even though she is not the natural mother , she still cares and loves this