You can also see the themes of divorce, political injustice, and child abuse quite often. In this specific novel, all of these themes are present in some form or another. Motherhood is present with Taylor taking care of Turtle and feminism is present by having all the main characters being female. You can also see divorce through Lou Ann’s divorce with Angel, while political injustice is represented by Estevan and Esperanza’s illegal status, and child abuse in present with Turtle and her scary past. In many of Kingsolver’s other books, including The Poisonwood Bible and Pigs in Heaven, she also conveys these…
With Taylor becoming her mother, Turtle obviously goes through a huge rebirth in her life. Turtle’s aunt took her one night up to a stranger's car and gave her to them because she was not wanted there. “This baby’s got no papers. There isn’t nobody knows it’s alive, or cares. Nobody that matters, like the police or nothing like that. This baby was born in a Plymouth”(24). Turtle had a hard time growing up until she was luckily given to Taylor. Taylor took Turtle to the doctor for a checkup and to have them look at Turtle being abused or even molested. Dr. Pelinowsky explained that Turtle had the condition to failure to thrive but she doesn't have it now because it is fully reversible. Finding out this information gave a fresh start to the age…
That helps them make the decision to pretend and illegally say that they are the parents of Turtle. They know that Taylor makes a great parent and Estevan even says, “‘We know she will make a good mother to this child’”.(226) When a couple who were once parents can say that about Taylor who never wanted to end up in this situation of having a baby and just being her, some can say she is doing a really great…
Weaver's choice to read the Cliff notes instead of the timeless novel, she misses out on the true purpose of the literature.…
Themes in the novel “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver include the importance of family and the need for community as emotional support systems for individuals facing hardships. As the individuals face their hardships, Kingsolver binds them together with support, forming a community that at times functions like a big extended family, however non-traditional it may be. Kingsolver not only illustrates the importance of family as an emotional support system in today's society, but the changing face of the family unit itself, one that is defined more by love than by structure.…
This was an odd book for me. I had a lot of trouble getting into it and even at the midway point this book was only a 2-3 star book. But then towards the end it got much better and I ended up giving it four stars because the ending didn't go as I had expected it and I gave it major points for that.…
This book was very entertaining because i like how it uses the unexpected to play with your emotions. This book really met my expectations not only because it was interesting which i like but, also because of all the drama and the situations that take place. This book has a strong emotional appeal to a person when its read. The only thing that i wish the author would change is add more to the ending or have a sequel to this book.…
Cited: Faulkner, William. "A Rose for Miss Emily." Trans. Array Literature: The Human Experience. Abcarian, Richard, Klotz, Marvin and Cohen, Samuel. 10th. Boston: Bedford/st Martins, 2010. 622-629. Print.…
The movie May also falls victim to attempts at increasing the dramatic element. Her character in the movie is childish and helpless. Even though she is portrayed in the novel as sheltered, so that she may be molded to the form of choice by her future husband,…
After a while, good but not excellent books lull me into a false sense of cozy comfort. I’m content with my reading, the calibre of books I’ve been choosing, and it’s that warm mush feeling that sates but does not inspire. Then a book falls into my hands that reminds me what great literature is. A book that smacks of talent, whose prose rings with such descriptive brilliance it demands to be savoured. The writing, so simple yet poignant, a book that paints glorious pictures without becoming muddy in its prose. My Ántonia is the book for me. The storyline is simple, lacking in the one large conflict. It is instead a set of metaphors about America, its women and their rights, loves and longings. It is a story as much about the landscape as it…
In his many works of fiction, William Faulkner explores the lives of characters who live in the closed society of the American South, a society rooted in traditional values. In the short stories "Barn Burning" and "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner explores what happens when individuals lose their connection to this society and its values. Both Abner Snopes, a rebellious sharecropper, and Emily Grierson, an unmarried woman from a prominent family, are isolated from their respective communities, and both find themselves in a kind of societal limbo. Once in that limbo, they no longer feel the need to adhere to the values of their society and, as a result,are free to violate both traditional and moral rules.…
review it better. Ill start by saying that this is a book think was sad to read. But I also think that it was…
I thought one of the main issues, peer pressure, was dealt with well, even if Jane Austen did not write it for that purpose.…
It is for that reason, I loved the book and kept me interested. That we we’re not playing out the typical story. Similar to movies in popular culture today such as 500 days of summer, where the whole story it is the man chasing the women and in the end, the…
This novel was a true eye opener as it makes you realise how important it is to move forward and not to dwell to much on the past. That when disaster strikes it’s important to survive through it so you can learn from…