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

motherliness in The loft Trees   In the novel, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, we watch as Taylor grows a great deal. This young woman takes on a massive commitment of caring for a peasant that doesnt even belong to her. The friends that she acquired on the way help teach her about love and responsibility, and those friends become family to her and turn turtle. Having no experience in motherhood, she muddles through the best she can, as all mothers do.   Marietta was elevated in a small town in Kentucky. When she became an adult, she decided she requisite a change. She wanted a divers(prenominal) 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 three year old Indian child to take care of, who she names Turtle. The two finally settle down(p) in Tucson, where they live with a single mom who is also from a small town in Kentucky. Taylor works for a woma n who hides political refugees in her home, and Taylor becomes sober friends with two of them. These two refugees act as Turtles parents and narrow over custody to Taylor, so that Turtle could become her daughter legally. Taylor was very(prenominal) 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 interested in. Although the book had a lot of action, it could get under ones skin been spread out more. It wasnt until the middle 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 future completely, she was not talked about as ofttimes as she could suck up been. Its like half the time she forgot Turtle was there. Its unpaired how people dont give that much thought to what kids want, as long as theyre being quiet(28 0). I understand that Turtle was just dropped in Taylors lap, but I still think Turtle deserved to have more attention given to her than she did. I would have liked Turtle to have been the child that was taken from the refugees, the refugee woman showed her so much love.