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Bean Trees Have you ever been put into I situation in which you can stay and never prosper or leave, with nothing but mere material possessions? This is the dilemma that is brought forth to Marietta (Taylor) in the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. Marietta grew up in Pitman, a small rural town in Kentucky. A town in which families "had kids just about as fast as they could fall down the well and drown" needless to say not a town where many people would want to live. Marietta was one of these people not wanting to be one of the families mentioned above. So she decided to leave, sounds like a simple solution, but the trials and tribulations along the way created an opportunity for education that far exceeds anything that can be learned in school. Not what is the square root of sixty-four but problems that can cause a person to think that they are not capable of overcoming the roadblocks of life. Strength in a time of suffering is a vital part of surviving through out the many rough times of life. The suffering is a lot easier to deal with when you have people around you that can relate to your troubles and help teach you how to overcome them. Money, money is a problem that many people can relate to. Everybody has had those times where they need every penny that they have, except for those luckily enough to be born into money. Marietta, now officially known, as Taylor had to suffer threw the dilemma of being broke, flat out broke. There is no way to educate yourself into having money, but you can learn how to deal with the cards you are dealt. That is what Taylor does, " 'wash your windows lady…. dollar for the whole car.' 'I got no windows….. lucky me, because I got no dollar either.'" Taylor is broke, beyond broke not even with a dollar to her name she strives to complete her destiny. She wants to get as far as her car will take her, no matter how hard it is to continue she will. Taylor has learned a lesson that most people have not nor ever will learn. She has learned that money isn't everything to be happy and content pushes money and material objects down to third or even fourth place. Well it is safe to say that Taylor is struggling but at least she only has to provide for herself. In what takes any other woman nine months to do, Taylor has one day. She had an instant birth, her role in life took a hundred and eighty degree turn, she is no longer the student of life she is now the teacher of a child, a ... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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