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The Bean Trees

What does Taylor mean when she says, "It's a sad day for us all if I'm being a hero here"?

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Siddhartha

What is the relation of words to wisdom? Do words tend to enhance or limit wisdom?

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The Bean Trees

What ideas about human nature does Taylor's statement, "It's a sad day for us all if I'm being a hero here," relate to?

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The Bean Trees

What is the thematic significance of the run-over blackbird?

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The Kite Runner

Hassan apprience?

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Siddhartha

what is the relationship between love and enlightenment? is love a necessary component of wisdom

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The Bean Trees

What is the symbolic and thematic significance of "Fanny Heaven"?

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The Bean Trees

What does Taylor mean when she says, "Otherwise it kind of weasels its way into your head whether you like it or not"?

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The Bean Trees

What advice does Taylor give Lou Ann about dealing with it?

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The Bean Trees

What broader theme does Taylor's advice to Lou Ann reflect?

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The Bean Trees

What do you think the bird symbolizes?

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The Bean Trees

What might the chiles and their effect on he factory workers symbolize?

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The Bean Trees

What is the psychological significance of Lou Ann's dream and her story about the cigar box?

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The Bean Trees

What does Taylor mean when she says, "If the truth was a snake it would have bitten me long ago"?

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The Bean Trees

What signs are there in this chapter and Chapter 10 that Lou Ann is gaining self-confidence?

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The Bean Trees

Do you think Lou Ann will choose to get back together with Angel?

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The Bean Trees

What messangers emerges from the interplay between Taylor's growing awareness of the tragedies in the world and Lou Ann's constant anxiety?

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The Bean Trees

What do you think the rain and the "clean" scent associated with it symbolize?

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The Bean Trees

What do you think the desert toads symbolize?

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The Bean Trees

What does Taylor mean when she says to Turtle, "All these months we had spent together were gone for her"?

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The Bean Trees

What different meanings might the title of the chapter have for Turtle and for Taylor?

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Siddhartha

why is their so much emphasis and re-use of the word thirst in this novel? what is Siddhartha thirsty for? why can't he find it?

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The Catcher in the Rye

Find 4 or more examples of Holden completely contradicting himself and copy them down with page numbers. Then analyze what this character trait says about Holden himself.

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The Catcher in the Rye

8. Choose two characters Holden meets and interacts with in the first five chapters and analyze what they tell us about the narrator.

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