Mattie is the owner of "Jesus is Lord Used Tires." She grows vegetables and beans in her garden, which is filled with tire parts. She is also originally from Kentucky and is Taylor's roommate.Įsperanza and Estevan are Guatemalan refugees that Taylor meets in Arizona.
Lou Ann lives in Tucson and has a baby named Dwayne Ray. Turtle is the three-year-old child who is left with Taylor in Oklahoma. Taylor's personality is described as tough, adventurous, and independent throughout the novel. She is also known by her given name Marietta and nickname Missy. Taylor Greer, a native of Kentucky, is the protagonist and narrator of the novel. The author uses history and biology to describe certain events or world issues related to nature. She travels back to Oklahoma and again to Arizona because of the people she became close with throughout the novel.īarbara Kingsolver's interest in nature is reflected in the Bean Trees, as it is full of descriptive landscapes and characters' passion towards the environment. First, her car breaks down in the middle of Oklahoma, later in Tucson, Arizona. It begins when the main character, Taylor, leaves her home in Pittman, Kentucky to find herself. The story takes place in real places in North America, including Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arizona. The novel traces the experiences of Taylor and the child, who Taylor names Turtle. Lou Ann had been married her husband abandoned her and their child.
The two travel to Tucson, Arizona, where she meets Lou Ann, a woman with a young son. Not knowing what else to do, Taylor decides to care for the child. As Taylor stops in the town, a woman suddenly approaches, deposits a small child, and leaves without explanation. Taylor Greer sets out to leave home, Kentucky, and travel west, and finds herself in Oklahoma near Cherokee territory.
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