Bean Trees Essay Everybody is a survivor in our own kind of way. Everybody has their own personal struggles that they deal with from day to day, some more serious than others. In the novel The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver creates many characters that overcome their personal conflicts to become a stronger person. Three characters in specific are Lou Ann, Turtle, and Esperanza. The first character, Lou Ann’s conflicts are not as serious in …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…baby aspirin. She is saved by Mattie, who discovers her. “Mattie has found her and rushed her to a clinic in South Tucson” (p.176) In The Bean Trees there are survivors of situations big and small. Each survivor depends on a special person, or group of people to help him or her through the rough times. With the help from these people the survivors can endure the extraordinary situations that life has placed them in.