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homeworkcrazy
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High School - 10th Grade

What does the trapped bird in the house symbolize in The Bean trees?

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Posted by homeworkcrazy on Friday August 14, 2009 at 2:47 PM and tagged with bean trees bird, the bean trees.

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  1. aquawater99
    aquawater99 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    It represents Turtle - most of the references to birds throughout the book represent Turtle. Virgie thinks the bird dead at first as it comes down the chimney, but it survives, just barely. Similarly, Turtle has just been nearly frightened to death and taken away at that time, but she barely manages to survive as well. The fact that the bird survived symbolizes that Turtle will survive as well.

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    Posted by aquawater99 on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 9:43 PM