Summary:
The work "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. Essay evaluates the Birds topic from the book and how it is important to the novel.
The Bean Trees
In the book " The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsoliver there were many different topics talk about. There was also a lot of symbolism in the things that were talked about, like the birds. The birds are mention a lot throughout this book and i will be talking about the passages in which birds are mentioned.
In the book " The Bean Trees" birds can mean a lot of things like in this passage:"Then i said, "Look..".............. into some scraggly bushes."(pg. 129).This passage contains lots of symbolic detail to the story. There is a lot of meaning behind this quail and her babies. For instants i think that the quail is actually a symbol of Taylor and Turtle, because it is saying that being a mother things could get really bad like the quail how it almost got ran over trying to get her babies across and it also has to do with taking a risk like the quail risk her life trying to safe her babies. This actually relates to Taylor and Turtle because Taylor is taking risk all over like taking her to the hospital and taking care of her in general. This passage also foreshadows how Taylor and Turtle are going to be a happy family no matter what it take and no matter what come their way. There are plenty more examples of birds being represented in the book.
Another passage that deals with birds in this book is:"He pinched up a chunk of pineapple.......... took it like a new born bird." (pg. 145).In the book i believe they are referring that the bird is a symbol of Turtle because well everyone has to help turtle learn and help her eat and other things as well. i think this is significance to the novel because it is showing the characters are ready to be responsible parents to the young Turtle. They actually show this in this passage because it tells Estevan is helping her. It also says how they want Turtle to be well fed and happy and it is saying that it doesn't matter of your background as long as you care for the child and don't be cruel to people. This was another passage with birds in it.
The next passage is also about birds:"There was a cactus with......... she'd made a home in there." (pg. 166).This passage was about a bird that builds its nest without hesitation among the horrible. This is just what Taylor did without hesitation she took turtle under her wing and it didn't matter to her how much money she had or where she live or what ever horrible thing got in her way she got through it to take care of Turtle. The thick spines of the cactus in the passage represents Turtle amazing ability to live her young life in the thorns of abuse and neglect, and it represents achieving satisfaction even when one's circumstances seem difficult or impossible. Some examples from the story is when talking to the hospital and social workers when Taylor says that its her daughter and takes care of Turtle. No matter what happens to her she feels she must say with Turtle.
There was a lot of passages concerning birds another one would be:"It's surprising, considering Roosevelt .............. who cooks for who." (pg. 190-191).This passage was telling us that there are miracles everywhere no matter where you are, like in the story when they figure out what happened to Turtle about the abuse and neglect they find amazing things about Turtle no matter what the situation is. This passage was about Roosevelt park and it says how the birds make everything wonderful like Turtle does to Taylor's life. Also that even things you don't expect can be miracle and surprising. Another thing is things don't seem the way they are like the park and like how Taylor became independent and responsible on her own.
This is the last passage that is significance to the novel with birds:"But Mrs. Parsons was in ............ door into the terrible night." (pg. 225 - 226).In the passage a sparrow got trap in the house and Taylor helps the bird to freedom and the bird i terribly frighten and needs help. This passage refers back to where Turtle almost got kidnap or molested by a guy. The bird is representing Turtle . After that happened then she is saved and set free. It also suggest that it has no guarantee about the future and that is represented by the storm outside it also could foreshadow that there is a hard road a head. There are lots more topics than just birds that symbolic to the novel.In conclusion this is the topic I choose to use to find out the significance of the birds and how there symbolic to the novel.
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