The Bean Trees

In the Novel the bean trees there are many refrences to being trapped or getting hooked in the first chapters of this novel. Identifya nd explain how the idea of trapped or hooked applies

In the Novel the bean trees

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The conversation Marietta has with Jolene probably illustrates it best. When Marietta asks her why she married Newt Harbine, Jolene says "Why not?" suggesting that Pittman County is a place where girls like Jolene are trapped in the cycle of poverty and the circumstances of life that go with it. Kingsolver suggests that it takes an independent-minded girl to break out of the trap. Jolene's daddy called her a slut and "Newt was just who it happened to be," she tells Marietta. "You know how it is." But Marietta doesn't know because she doesn't have a daddy. As a result she is strong enough to break out of the trap rising above the circumstances of life that surround her.