The Bean Trees: Chapter Eleven

Barbara Kingsolver's
The Bean Trees
The Chaffey College Book 1999
CHAPTER ELEVEN
"Dream Angels"

Cultural and Historical Allusions

Medical, Natural, and Geographic Allusions

Great Quotes

"'Is it better to be totally retarded and deformed and miserable, or just plain old dead?'
'I honestly couldn't say,' I said. 'Not having been either one.' Although, when I thought about it, being dead seemed a lot like not being born yet, and I hadn't especially minded that." (153)
"I didn't want to believe the world could be so unjust. But of course it was right there in front of my nose. If the truth was a snake it would have bitten me a long time ago. It would have had me for dinner." (159)

The Author	Chapter One, "The One to Get Away"
Chapter Two, "New Year's Pig"	Chapter Three, "Jesus is Lord Used Tires"
Chapter Four, "Tug Fork Water"	Chapter Five, "Harmonious Space"
Chapter Six, "Valentine's Day"	Chapter Seven, "How They Eat in Heaven"
Chapter Eight, "The Miracle of Dog Doo Park"	Chapter Nine, "Ismene"
Chapter Ten, "The Bean Trees"	Chapter Eleven, "Dream Angels"
Chapter Twelve, "Into the Terrible Night"	Chapter Thirteen, "Night-Blooming Cereus"
Chapter Fourteen, "Guardian Saints"	Chapter Fifteen, "Lake O' the Cherokees"
Chapter Sixteen, "Soundness of Mind and Freedom of Will"	Chapter Seventeen, "Rhizobia"