In Barbara Kingsolver's novel, The Bean Trees, she creates an implicit argument that a human being cannot thrive in isolation. ... That's right, that's a bean. ... The ironic thing about Turtle's first word being "bean" is that the beans are also working to survive and live off of something that needs them or wants them to live. ... The purple beans appeared to go trooping on down the block, climbing over anything in their path (Kingsolver pg.45-46). The old car parts seem to be dead with no life at all, but in reality they are a home for the beans and vegetable...

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