Motherhood in Barbara Kingsolvers The Bean Trees :: Kingsolver Bean Trees Essays

Motherhood in The Bean Trees   In the novel, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, we watch as Taylor grows a great deal. This new woman takes on a huge commitment of caring for a child that doesnt even belong to her. The fri odditys that she acquired along the way help school her about love and responsibility, and those friends become family to her and Turtle. Having no experience in motherhood, she muddles through with(predicate) the best she can, as all mothers do.   Marietta was raised in a gauzy town in Kentucky. When she became an adult, she decided she needed a change. She wanted a different name and a different place to call home. She got in her Volkswagon, started driving, and on this journey she changed her name to Taylor. A stranger gave her a triple year old Indian child to take care of, who she name Turtle. The two finally settle down in Tucson, where they live with a single mom who is also from a small town in Kentucky. Taylor works for a woman who hide s political refugees in her home, and Taylor becomes good friends with two of them. These two refugees act as Turtles parents and sign over custody to Taylor, so that Turtle could become her daughter legally. Taylor was very unsure about whether or not she would be a good mom, but in the end she realizes that Turtle belongs with her, and that Tucson is home.   The first half of The Bean Trees was hard to stay evoke in. Although the book had a lot of action, it could have been spread out more. It wasnt until the center of the book that we found out what was medically wrong with Turtle, why she was so lethargic. Considering this child was such a major part of Taylors life, and would change her emerging completely, she was not talked about as practically as she could have been. Its the likes of half the time she forgot Turtle was there. Its funny how people dont give that much thought to what kids want, as long as theyre being quiet(280). I understand that Turtle was just drop ped in Taylors lap, but I fluid think Turtle deserved to have more attention prone to her than she did. I would have liked Turtle to have been the child that was interpreted from the refugees, the refugee woman showed her so much love.