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What do Taylor and Estevan decide at the end of Chapter 14?
Taylor learns that Estevan and Esperanza actually speak dialects of Mayan, and that they chose the Spanish names “Estevan” and “Esperanza” only when they came to Guatemala City. Taylor tells them how she, too, chose a new name when she moved to Arizona.
What happened in chapter 14 of The Bean Trees?
Summary—Chapter Fourteen: Guardian Saints They must pass through a routine Immigration check in New Mexico. Because she is so nervous, Taylor hesitates when the officer asks who Turtle’s parents are. Estevan indicates that Turtle belongs to him and his wife.
What is Turtle’s first word?
bean
A little later, as Turtle and Taylor help Mattie plant the garden, Turtle says her first word: “bean.”
Why does Taylor decide to call 1 800 the Lord how does she feel about the conversation she has?
She tells Turtle her name is now April Turtle Greer. On a whim, Taylor decides to call 1-800-THE-LORD, a number she imagined calling if she ever hit rock bottom, just as her mother imagined cashing in their head rights in the Cherokee Nation. When she calls, the number turns out to be a pledge line.
What happens to Esperanza and Estevan?
Esperanza, though not a teacher herself, also had a brother and other close friends in the union. As Taylor eventually learns, Esperanza’s brother and friends were killed one night in a police raid on union members. That same night, Estevan and Esperanza’s infant daughter Ismene was abducted.
What is the favor that Taylor asked of Estevan and Esperanza?
When Turtle leaves her doll behind, she metaphorically leaves her birth mother in the past to make Taylor her real mother. That night, Taylor asks Estevan and Esperanza to do her one more favor. She explains that it will be risky and gives them the night to think it over.
What does Estevan believe is the symbol of the US?
Estevan asks if the alligator on his shirt (the Izod logo) is a symbol of the United States, and Taylor insightfully thinks that it could be an appropriate symbol because the United States is as capable of hurting people as an alligator is.
Why does turtle bury her doll?
Yet, Turtle has to bury her birth mother so that Taylor and Turtle’s relationship can grow. When Turtle leaves her doll behind, she metaphorically leaves her birth mother in the past to make Taylor her real mother.
What is Turtle’s real name in The Bean Trees?
April
Turtle The three-year-old Cherokee child who is left on Taylor’s car seat. After her mother’s death, Turtle, whose real name is April, lived with her aunt and, during that time, apparently was physically and sexually abused by a male friend of her aunt.
Who gave turtle to Taylor?
There are no signs of the people she met there seven months before. Taylor, Esperanza, and Estevan decide to go to the Lake o’ the Cherokees. During that time, Taylor concocts a plan to convince the authorities in Oklahoma that Estevan and Esperanza are Turtle’s biological parents.
What does Taylor’s mom say about how children grow up?
Taylor’s mother says that kids will grow up into what people expect of them, just like Newt Hardbine did. In the few minutes they have left on the pay phone, Taylor tells her mother that she has officially adopted Turtle, and her mother promises that she and her new husband will come visit Arizona soon.
What happened to Esperanza and Estevan daughter?
As Taylor eventually learns, Esperanza’s brother and friends were killed one night in a police raid on union members. That same night, Estevan and Esperanza’s infant daughter Ismene was abducted.