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The Bean Trees Taylor Character Analysis

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The Bean Trees: Character Analysis Taylor Greer is the primary protagonist of the adventurous tale taking place throughout multiple states in America, The Bean Trees. Taylor is girl from a town of simpletons, and she wants to escape that and live freely somewhere else. The Bean Trees is written by Barbra Kingsolver, an acclaimed author, and the story is about Taylor and her life after leaving a small town in Kentucky to find happiness. Taylor is a very complex person with a number of defining characteristics such as devotion, strength, and affection that make it possible for her to have such a mediocre story. Whether or not she wants to be, Taylor has proven herself to be a very devoted person to what she feels is important or to …show more content…

A weak person is not able to do those kinds of things and that shows just how strong Taylor is. Taylor is also shown, while she can be tough on the outside, she is an affection person who cares deeply for all of those around her. Taylor has become love-struck though after being introduced to Estevan and his wife. She expresses to the reader “"The schoolgirl nerves that had possessed me half an hour ago seemed ridiculous now; this was like having a crush on some guy only to find out he's been dating your mother or your math teacher. This man was beyond me."(Kingsolver 135). Taylor from the first time she meets Estevan, developed affection towards him along with an inherent kindness. Taylor has fallen in love with Estevan, but knows she cannot have him because he’s married to Esperanza. In a way I think this is Taylor showing affection not only for Estevan, but his wife too for not trying to steal him away, she too cares about Esperanzas’ feelings. Taylor manages to keep her love bottled up until her goodbye with Estevan where she finally tells that she loves him knowing that nothing will ever happen. While saying her goodbye to Estevan, Taylor tells him “I’ve never known anybody like you.”(Kingsolver 219). Taylor is clearly very affectionate towards Estevan, who I have chosen to be the center of her affection besides Turtle because he is also a love interest.

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