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 Poppy, Lou and Taylor, and Estevan and Esperanza. The ... 's Taylor that there are so many special methods o...

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