The Bean Trees Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

Almost every plant that appears throughout The Bean Trees could be said to by symbolic, allegorical, or metaphorical. That's a lot of lit devices! Yup, Barbara Kingsolver certainly isn't one to let...

It may come as no surprise that Aesop's Fables is the only major work of literature mentioned in The Bean Trees.Just as in Aesop's Fables, animals in The Bean Trees are often symbols, allegories, a...