Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

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Within the novel Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, the reader is introduced to a young women named Marietta, Missy, and she later on renames herself Taylor. Taylor story is much like a coming of age story, and she many new lessons along the roads of life. She learns how to deal with unforeseen troubles, phobias, and the many forms of love, and because these inner actions she learned to see a new outlook on life.>>>>
Taylor started off as a young country girl in Pittman Country, and was traumatized by the mishap of Newt Hardbine's fathers over fulled tire incident. Taylor said "a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine father over the top of the Standard Oil sign. (1) Kingsolver" It was more than enough to in steel an internal fear of tires. Taylor had to of express her unnatural fear of tires to her mother, because before she could leave out of town in her new to her '55 Volkswagen bug. Her mother had to be reassured that her little girl could change a tire. Mama questioned Taylor on what she would do if she had two flats, and Taylor thought for a reply, saying "Easy, I put ...

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