AGENDA:
Respond to the following questions about Ch. 1-3 with a blog post. Work with a partner or small group. Be sure to put all your names on the post.
Study Guide for The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
1. Describe the “voice” or tone of the narrator.
2. How does Alice Greer compare to/contrast with Mr. Hardbine or Mr. Shanks in
terms of parenting skills?
3. Why does Taylor leave Kentucky?
4. Describe Taylor’s reaction to the Cherokee Nation.
5. What is a “home”? How does Taylor’s definition of “home” change in Chapter
One? (Think in terms of the comment she made in the letter to her mother about
taking her “head rights” with her.)
6. How are women (or girls) treated in Chapter One?
7. Describe the shift in narration in Chapter Two. Who is telling the story
now?
8. Why is it relevant that Lou Ann came from Kentucky?
9. How is Lou Ann different from Taylor?
10. Describe Angel.
11. How did Taylor react to Arizona? What made her decide to stay there?
12. Why does Taylor find “Jesus Is Lord Used Tires” and “1-800-THE-LORD” so
humorous?
Look up the following vocabulary words and write a sentence using each:
1. presume
2. ornery
3. indelible
4. repulse
5. transient
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ReplyDeleteJasmina, Janelys & Jahde
ReplyDelete1. The narrator is hopeful/optimistic for a better future.
2. They are all pretty abusive towards one another whether its physically, mentally emotionally.
3. Taylor leaves Kentucky so she can have a better future and not to be like the woman in her town (getting pregnant/ married etc.).
4.Taylor thought the Cherokee nation was as she expected flat etc.
5. Taylor thought of home as the baby. the baby was her rights and she was going home with it. It was her new responsibility.
6. In chapter one woman are treated just as the carriers of children and to be in the home. Pretty much, no other opportunities.
7. In chapter 2 the narrator is Lou Ann Ruiz.
8. It shows how she and Taylor are similar since they're from the same place and they were seeking the same thing(something different.)
9. Lou Ann is different from Taylor because she’s older than Taylor and she had her life established ( house, husband, kids etc.).
10. Angel is a man who has a prosthetic leg. He blames people for things they cannot control. the amputation changed him. He left Lou Ann.
11. Taylor liked Arizona because it was friendly and lots of people wanted to help her with turtle.
12. She found it funny because they weren’t the religious people she thought they would be. They were inappropriate actually.
Rosalia, Ivette, Robert, Justice
ReplyDeletequestion 1-12
1. Taylor has a southern accent from Kentucky.
2. Newt Hardbine gets shot.
3. her two promises she made to herself was to go west and to change her name.
4. What we know is because "It wasn't a baby exactly it was probably old enough to walk though not so big that it couldn't be easily carried".
5. The Chapter one and two are narrated by First Person.
6. Lou Ann lived in tucson but thought of herself as an ordinary kentuckian a from her husband , Angel.
7. They're ordinary Kentuckian girls.
8. Possibly he thought she was worried about the baby later when the arguments resumed, they had a hopeless quality that Lou Ann had not experienced before
9. Lou Anne is over and there different from each other
10. Mattie Is wise, kind, and inspirational.
11. She enjoyed the people there. And the reason she stayed is because her car broke down and she needed new tires. And she realized people wanted to help her turtle.
12.They were very religious but were very inappropriate
Frieda and Alannah
ReplyDelete1. I presume that Alannah's really sick and should go home.
2. The ornery girl was often referred to as hard-headed.
3. Shirley Temple's indelible child acting fueled her career with success.
4. The slimy skin of the frog repulsed the child.
5. Rochester's transient spring quickly shifts back to winter.
Jahde' Janelys Jasmina
ReplyDeleteI presumed that the man had been escorted from the building.
Some hogs are just mean and ornery.
The ink from the pen was very indelible.
Audiences at first showings of the film were repulsed by its cruelty.
A transient cold curse.
Amanda, Hetep
ReplyDelete1.It is told in a ironic, southern accent.
2.All are rather abusive in all terms of physically, mentally and emotionally.
3.Taylor leaves Kentucky because she doesn't want to be like other women in the town.
4.Taylor thinks that the Cherokee nation is crap.
5.Home is .Her definition of home changed by when she kept the baby.
6. The women in chapter one is the stereotypical carrying kids and have little or no opportunities.
7.In chapter 2, it is narrated by Lou Ann.
8. It is relevant because she lives in Tuscan.
9.Lou Ann is different than Taylor by she has a more establish life and is older than her.
10. Angel is a wife beater who accuses people for things beyond their control after losing a leg in a car accident
11.Taylor loved the people in Arizona and the reason she stay because her car broke
12.She finds this humorous because it was religious but very inappropriate
Olivia and Cameron
ReplyDelete1. I presume that the smell is coming from yo stank booty.
2. Boy, you so ornery, why you always want to fight?
3. That tattoo is indelible, you messed up child.
4.Every time you breath, you repulse the whole street. You stank.
5.Dat ghosts is a transient being, you can do nothin to it A-A-ron
I presume that it will not be a good day.
ReplyDeleteSome people are just ornery.
The ink on my skin was indelible.
Protesters repulsed the presidents law.
It was Transient today
1.She sounds very determined about everything she does and the narrator is Taylor Greer.
ReplyDelete2.Alice Greer is a better parent than those two. Her daughter actually made it out of Kentucky alive and graduated from high school.
3.She left Kentucky because she didn't want to become like every other woman in her town, pregnant and alone.
4.She is like kind of disappointed because they weren't the way they expected her to be. The land is all flat and is useless to her, and the people don't really give off the friendly vibe either.
5.i don't know...
6.In chapter one the woman weren't treated the right way. They were like slaves to men and followed men around. They got pregnant and left all alone a lot.
7.In chapter two, Lou Ann is telling her or the story.
8.It's relevant because Taylor could now relate to Lou Ann. They both understand each other, and they came from the same surroundings almost.
9.They are different from each other because Lou Ann actually has her life grounded(she has a home, a kid,a husband even) while Taylor is still struggling to travel around with a new baby kid, and her beat up car.
10.Angel seemed depressed and angry a lot. He depended on Lou Ann a lot,and had a messed up leg.
11.She liked Arizona because the people were nice and wanted to help her out.
12.Shedidn't expect religious people to have such vulgar and crude behavior like they did. They were weird and talked about sex openly. They just didn't seem religious to her.
1. The voice of the character is funny. She’s trying to makes jokes and she exaggerates a lot.
ReplyDelete2. Mr. Hardbine was abusive her mother is not.
3. Newt Hardbine gets shot and they were really abusive
4. She finds it disappointing
5. At first she thinks of home as being with her loving mother then it changes to her having a responsibility to take care of the baby
6. Women are treated bad, they are abused and disrespected
7. In chapter two the narrator changes to be Lou Ann
8. Because both her and Taylor are from Kentucky so that they can relate in some way
9. Lou Ann is just becoming a young mother and is still in the process of is unlike Taylor who has already gone through it
10. Angel is the husband of Lou Ann. He is depressed as a result of the war
11. She likes Arizona and the people in it. She decides to stay because that is where she finds turtle and she needs to find a job to support the both of them
12. She finds it funny because she name of it made he think it was going to be somewhat religious but she came to find out it was far from it.
Rosalia Ivette
ReplyDelete1. Presume- i presume that the man had been escorted from the building
2. Orney- i woke up in a oreny mood today
3. Indelible- when i got my tattoo i was indelible
4. Repuise- audience out early scraming pf the film were repulsed by the bruitaly
5. transit- the flavor of the gum was transet
Cameron Olivia Alannah Frieda
ReplyDelete1. The voice of the narrator, Missy/Taylor, is naive but determined. She doesn't always know what is going on, but uses her smarts and her sass to help her through sticky situations. What is most interesting is that when she is talking to Turtle, she doesn't speak to her as though she is a child, but as if she was an adult.She speaks with a southern style, and has a hopeful tone. She is a walking hyperbole and is very funny with her superstitions and weird rules. (Like naming herself after the place where she runs out of gas)
2. Mr. Shanks verbally abused his daughter by calling her a slut and Mr. Hardbine physically abused his son, daughter in law and grandbaby. They were both scumbags.
3. Taylor leaves Kentucky because she feels trapped. She doesn't want her life to end up like all of the other girls, and she can feel herself slipping into that pattern. She is trying to prove to herself that there is a better place out there than her home town, but also a worse place to be. The direct reason she is running away is because she doesn't want to become a mother like all of the other girls in her town, and doesn't want to have a life like Jolene Shanks.
4. She hates that Cherokee Nation is completely flat, and grows quickly to hate it.
5. Home turned from the comfort of her wonderful loving mother, to the sole purpose of taking care of Turtle, and driving through life in her car.
6. Women and girls are treated horribly in Chapter One, they are judged and put down, A lot of the time, the women are abused, even in small ways. Lou Ann is emotionally abused by her husband and their rocky relationship, Turtle was abused by whoever her parents were, and women in general are looked to as symbols of easy sex and already determined motherhood.
7. In Chapter Two, the narrator position shifts to Lou Ann.
8. It is relevant that Lou Ann is from Kentucky because that is where Taylor is from as well. They can relate.
9. Lou Ann is about to become a single mother, and Taylor has just become a single mother. They have a lot in common.
10. Angel is Lou Ann's inconsistent husband who lost his leg in an accident on Christmas Eve two years ago. He was incredibly depressed and relied completely on his very pregnant wife for everything, then left her on payday/Halloween.
11.Taylor liked Arizona because she enjoyed the people there, and found there were a lot of people who wanted to help and liked Turtle. She decided to stay there because her car broke down, she needed new tires and had no money to pay for them. She needed to find work to support Turtle and herself.
12. She found it very funny because she went into these places, expecting very religions people, and found a mug with rabbits having sex on it. Har Har
1.) Optimistic, Southern Taste, Funny, Usage Of Hyperbole's (Excessive)
ReplyDelete2.) Alice Greer’s good parenting contrasts with that of Mr. Hardbines bad parenting, which suggests that parent’s determine their child’s destinies. While Taylor’s mom compliment’s her constantly she becomes well mannered and educated. While Mr.Hardbine’s bad parenting causes his son to commit suicide.
3.) She's Running Away Because She Doesn’t Want To Get Pregnant.
4.) She had an illusion and she was saddened by what she found at the Cherokee Nation.
5.) Home is where you have a family because she had a baby and was determined to take care of the baby and that was her new family.
6.) Many girl drop out to have babies they’re like the baby makers.
7.) Taylor is now telling the story who is now the new missy.