The Bean Trees
...e misfortune that happened to her as a baby. When Turtle is given to Taylor, Turtle latches on to her. She knows that Taylor would never let anything happen to her. This shows a sign of trust that Turtle has for her mother. Over a few months of loving care, Turtle begins to act normally around other people. She giggles at quail crossing the street and talks about vegetables. The disquietude of the story begins to dissipate, and the pleasure of the story begins to appear. The pleasure does not last for long. When Turtle was at the park with her blind babysitter, a prowler comes and tries to take Turtle. This incident makes Turtle regress and go back into her shell. She doesn’t want to let anyone in because she thinks that they are going to hurt her. Turtle doesn’t talk to anyone and goes back to the way she was when Kingsolver described her as wanting...