Part one of term paper
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kinsolver is a book that discusses many of the problems in today's society. I found it to be over all insightful yet a little boring at time. There are many hidden meaning and symbols too many to mention so I'll look at just a few. One of the main symbols appears right at the beginning of the novel. The symbol is t ...

Part two of term paper
... a tire shop. This is very ironic when she takes the job because she has tried to avoid tires and even got nervous when changing her car tire. Yet she ends up working in the shop and overcoming this fear with help from Mattie. This also is an example of how Taylor is a round character and grows throughout the story. Another irony near the beginning of the story is when Taylor's car breaks down and she is given an Indian baby, she finds herself in the predicament that she was trying to avoid in Kent ...