Bean Tree
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Barbara Kingsolver writes as both a human rights activist as well as a storyteller, her actual works are forms are forms of political activism. She questions a large number of know laws that are found with in United States, which in turn cause us as readers to view the political injustices though our protagonists, Taylor Greer, eyes. The critically acclaimed Bean Tree's touches base on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to; gender issues, social and political injustices, and human interdependence, all bound up within an intriguing story of a girl finding her self in Tucson, Arizona. Through the touching story of Taylor and Turtle, an abused Indian child who ends up in Taylor's care, the reader is show firsthand the aftermath and undercurrents found within American society. An entertaining read that blends an exquisitely crafted story with an ethical code that is loving and expansive.
As an American woman, Kingsolver prominently addresses gender issues; this is one of her more prevalent themes. The gender themes are explored two ways throughout the novel. First and foremost the novel shows the result of a nearly exclusive female world. Taylor lives in a small fellowship of women who for the most part only seem to re-invigorate each other. While they're sexual counterparts are viewed as a leach upon the nearly utopian society...