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The Bean Trees

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Book Summary

Barbara Kingsolver Biography

About The Bean Trees

Introduction
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
The Sanctuary Movement

Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapters 5–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–10
Chapters 11–12
Chapter 13
Chapters 14–15
Chapters 16–17

Character List

Critical Essays

Kingsolver's Style
Literary Tools
Major Themes in The Bean Trees
Kingsolver's Women
A Note about Feminism

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Chapters 16–17

Rastafarian a member of a Jamaican religion that awaits the redemption of Blacks and their return to Africa.

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