"came high railing in there like some blond Paul McCartney."

THE BEAN TREES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A BILDUNGSROMAN

TAYLOR IS CONFLICTED ABOUT KEEPING TURTLE AND HER LOVE FOR TURTLE

TAYLOR VS SOCIETY AND THEM TRYING TO TAKE TURTLE FROM HER

'GIRL, I'VE SEEN YOU EAT A WORM WHOLE WHEN YOU WERE FIVE.

"I HAD TO LAUGH, REALLY."

"EVER SINCE I SAW A TRACTOR TIRE BLOW UP"

REALISTIC FICTION

TAYLOR TAKES IN TURTLE DESPITE HER OWN NEEDS

"JUST TWO MORE DIRTY-KNEED KIDS"

"SHE HUNG THE WASHCLOTH AND SMILED"

"HER FINGERS WERE WIGGLING AND SLAPPING..."

A GIRL, THE POOR THING

MOTHERHOOD IS A MOTIF

THE WHOLE STORY IS NARRATED BY TAYLOR

"LIKE RUBBER BRICKS"

THE PROTAGONIST IS TAYLOR BECAUSE SHE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER

IT SHOWS TAYLOR'S FEAR OF TIRE REPETITEVELY

"[...]LIKE THE HIPPO BALLERINAS IN A DISNEY MOVIE”

A THEME IS THE THE PLIGHT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

WHEN THE GROUP LEAVE FOR TUCSON THE SUSPENSE WAS VERY HIGH

BEDPAN: A PLACE FOR PATIENTS TO DO THEIR BUISNESS

THE SURVIVAL OF THE BIRD FORESHADOWS TURTLE’S RECOVERY.

WHEN TAYLOR DECIDES TO FIGHT FOR TURTLE AND ESTAVAN AND EZPERANZA

BIRDS ARE SYMBOLS OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY

WE LEARN LOU ANN IS VERY DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE THROUGH ANGEL