The prevailing symbol of the wisteria vine and the information concerning this plant forms the forever appearing metaphor of the Bean Trees. The wisteria vine grows in seemingly infertile soil due to its obligated mutualism with rhizobia; a bacteria that lives within the plant roots and fertilizes the soil with nitrogen. Barbara Kingsolver relates this to the various symbiotic relationships throughout the novel. There are certainly many examples of this: Virgie Mae Parsons and Edna ... is that it instills a sense of community through the novel by creating a network of need and fulfillment amo...

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... created as devil-like creatures. However, the way that other characters portray the protagonist contrasts through the use of diction by the authors. Dracula is painted as a noble count through various imageries and diction that automatically ranks him higher in the society. Dracula is portrayed to live in a castle where "everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom " and the "green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals " (Suskind 10). This mesmerizing ... Jean to a hostile animal emphasizes the other characters' development of fear. Even though Father Terrier was afrai...

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