The Bean Trees, Discussion Director, Period 1
So, this is our last blog for this book and then we are moving on to ‘The House of Sand and Fog’? We are going to have to discuss who will be doing which role for the first blog.
Taylor has gone through many things throughout the book. How has Taylor changed by the end of the book? Also, Taylor keeps in touch with her mother but still she does not seem to like her mothers’s new husband very much. Do you think Taylor will ever go back to see her mother? Why or why not? Estevan and Esperanza are illegal immigrants. With this as an issue today in our country, what do you think of the situation involving illegal immigrants? How should the United States deal with this in your opinion?
Have fun! 
~Sarah Light
Category: Discussion Director, per 1 TBT DD 4 comments »
March 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I believe that she will eventually go back to see her mother, because not only is she a mother now, but also a grandmother. It is very important to a child to have a grandma in their life and also it is important for a child to have a mother in their life to.
In my opinion, illegal immigration is wrong and should not be allowed. I think that Esperanza and Estevan should have tried to become legal before they did anything because now they are fugitives of the law and that is no life to live. I think that the illegal immigrants should be taken out of America until they decide to be here legally.
March 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
the one above is Brittany Miller
March 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
By the end of the book, Taylor has matured a lot and learned lots about responsibility. Also, that she has had hers eyes open on how the terrible things that can happen to someone in their life.
I think that Taylor will go back to see her mother because her mom is now officially a grandmother. Also, because I think Taylor will eventually miss her home enough that she will want to visit it.
With illegal immigration, I think that it is wrong because they are sneaking into a country and then getting work illegally. But, in Estevan and Esperanza’s case, they had to leave their country in secret or else they would have been killed. So, I can understand why they had to illegally come into the country unnoticed. But, they should now try to become citizens legally. I think the United States should deal with this by tracking down the illegal immigrants in the country and asking them if they will become citizens. If they say no, then they should be deported unless they are in danger if they would go back.
~Sarah Light
March 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
By the end of the book Taylor seems more sure of herself and what she wants to do with her life. She also takes on the responsiblity of having Turtle as a daughter. She knows more about herself from the experiences she has gone through, than if she would have stayed back home with her mother.
I do think she will go back to see her mother not only becasue she told her mother that, but becasue if she wasn’t going to bother to go back why would she keep in touch and probably get her mother’s hopes up only to bring them crashing down. She loves her mother too much to do that to her, regaudless of if she likes her new husband or not, as long as her mother is happy.
The situation with illegal immagrints isn’t all that bad because it isn’t hard to become a citizen, but with all the illegal immigrants in this country it does cause a problem. It causes a problem because with the immigrants on teh run from teh law they can drag legal citizens into the whole situation and cause an even bigger problem than there already was. In this case in The Bean Trees, I think it was very heroic and thoughtful for Taylor to help Estevan and Esperanza with the risk that she might get caugh and have Turtle taken from her. I don’t think that it was the wisest decision, but she was helping her friends no matter what the circumstances.
I think that the U.S. should take better precaitions around the borders so that illegal immigrant can’t come across. They should do thourogh background checks on the people, and have them take a more difficult test about U.S. history and laws of the U.S. before they can become a citizen, than there alredy is.