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The Bean Trees

What does Estevan mean when he says that the palindrome about the Panama Canal is "a typical gringo way of looking at that endeavor"?

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What is the symbolic significance of the alligator and the quetzal?

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How is the Cherokee Nation an appropriate place for Estevan and Esperanza to make a new life, in both practical and symbolic terms?

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What is the symbolic significance of the alligator and the quetzal?

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What is the symbolic significance if Lake Oolagah?

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What do you think are the reasons for the changes of Esperanza?

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What is the significance of their names - why does Taylor refuse to call them "Steven" and "Hope"?

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According to Taylor, what makes the things people get upset about "seem like some elaborate adult invention," and why do you think this happens?

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What does Estevan mean when he says, "in a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is to make things as we can"?

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What pychological do 1-800-THE-LORD and the Cherokee Nation have for Taylor in the novel?

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What does Taylor mean when she says, "all four of us have buried someone we love in Oklahoma"?

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What theme about faith do these symbols help express?

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What is revealed about the nature of rhizobia that is thematically significant in the story, and why?

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The Bean Trees

What does Lou Ann mean when she says, "everything you get is really just on loan"?

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The Bean Trees

What symbolic meaning does vegetable soup have in the novel's plot and themes?

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What do you think are the reasons for the changes of Esperanza?

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What signs of change occurs in Esperanza?

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What apparent foreshadowing regarding Esperanza and Turtle occurs in this chapter?

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A Tale of Two Cities

Why does Darnay hide the fact that he is an Evrémonde?

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A Tale of Two Cities

Why does Dr. Manette keep repeating, "One Hundred and Five, North Tower"?

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A Tale of Two Cities

What does Madame Defarge's knitting represent?

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A Tale of Two Cities

Which word best describes the mood of Lucie and Darnay's life in London?

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A Tale of Two Cities

Which characteristic applies to Dr. Manette and Darnay at the beginning of the novel?

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The Life of Olaudah Equiano

what country did he come from?

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