Place
"...but if it was even still there, but as soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew.... That's it, I said."
-Where Taylor recieved Turtle, pg. 210
Character
"So they can sign her over to me."
"Well what if they won't. What if they see how good she is turning out and decide they want her back?"
-Taylor and Lou Ann, pg. 193
Metaphor
"The wistera vines on their own would just barley get by, is how I explained it to Turtle, but put them together with rhizoba and they make miracles."
-Taylor speaking. "The Bean Trees," refering rhizoba to people relying on others. pg. 210
Quote of Novel
"It didn’t seem to matter to Turtle, she was happy where she was. . . . She... entertained me with her vegetable-soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest. And me. I was the main ingredient."
- Taylor is speaking . Essential point of novel- It gives a mirror image of the novel as well as Taylors thoughts at the end of the novel. It also included other significant meanings such as Taylors happiness and Turtles re-covery from abuse.
pg. 246
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