Theme Of Motherhood In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

In Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees, motherhood is a theme that is constant in the book. All of the situations are different and similar. The main character Taylor daughter of a single mother becomes an unlikely mother to turtle a child whose mom died. Lou Ann comes from a traditional family in Kentucky. She becomes a single mother to Dewayne Ray after her husband Angel leaves her. Esperanza is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. She had a child she had to leave behind in Guatemala to save her family. Motherhood changes the characters in the novel because it makes them grow into themselves.
Taylor Greer never wanted to be a mother. Proof of that is “If I wanted a baby I would have stayed in Kentucky,” I informed her. “I could have had

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Theme Of Motherhood In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

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