Today, you are to hand in your questions from The Bean Trees. You are then to put yourself in pairs and, using a point form or a visual format (web, concept map, mind map), answer the following questions in depth (provide as much information as you can... remember... with TWO of you working on this, the expectations are higher. These will help you with the essay you will be writing on April 8 (or 9th... I might move it over due to this absence).
1. How do the characters in The Bean Trees demonstrate that the role of women in America in the twentieth century has changed? (remember... you will have to look at the role prior in order to answer this...)
2. List the social issues (you will need to define what this means to YOU) that Kingsolver presents in The Bean Trees and explain how these issues affect the lives of the novel’s characters.
3. Research the Cherokee Indian and Guatemalan peoples to learn more about the cultures Kingsolver refers to (again, this is the 70's).
4. How is the link between rhizobia (the microscopic bugs that live in the roots of legumes, turning nitrogen gas into fertilizer and allowing the plants to thrive in poor soil) and wisteria vines (“bean trees”) similar to the relationships that form between the women in the novel?
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