The Bean Trees Character Analysis

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Many people wonder how can strength and rebirth occur from traumatic events and lost hope. Barbara Kingsolver, answers this burning essential question in her novel, The Bean Trees. The book begins with the narrator, Mariette, living in a small town named Pittman County. Mattie strongly despite the fate of young girls in her town, which is earlier pregnancy and marriage. Eventually when she becomes old enough she leaves her old town and her old self behind. Similarly to Mariette reshaping her future, she begins to reshape herself. Thus renames herself Taylor, a fitting name to her character. Ironically as Taylor runs away from teen pregnancy, she is given a helpless child. Although, the child and her new guardian make a strong connection that
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