New flowers bloom, baby animals and cold gives way to warmth, the spring season embodies the idea of ​​rebirth. Like nature, people have the ability to be reborn and become someone completely different from who they were before. In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, the theme of rebirth is prominent throughout the story, allowing the characters to become who they are meant to be. Taylor Greer, the main character of the book, is faced with several events where his evolving personality is the only way to cope and move on. From a young age, she knew what she wanted and would stop at nothing to achieve her goal. Her first name change came when “[she] was three years old…[she] stamped her foot and told [her] mother to call her Miss Marietta” (2). Taylor's tough personality sought more than the "abundance of dirt bugs and gossip" that Pittman's small town offered (13). However, once renamed and on the road, a child was placed in her car for Taylor to care for. Taylor originally had no plans to have a baby. If that were the case, she “would have stayed in Kentucky” (18). At a restaurant in Oklahoma, an Indian woman gave Taylor a small child. Turtle was exactly what Taylor needed to become who she was meant to be. By caring for the young girl, Taylor learned to care for someone other than herself. Once Taylor separated from her mother, she was given Turtle to care for, so the cycle of motherhood would continue. Making the trip to Oklahoma to take Esperanza and Estevan, his illegal immigrant friends, to a safe church and adopting Turtle as his own, Taylor was reborn into a person who would care for others. She has come to accept her "family", even if it is unconventional ... middle of paper ...tables and other objects show that once someone has been planted in an environment sure, it begins to prosper and prosper. Also, the burial of objects could represent the death of his mother. As we passed the cemeteries, “at each one, Turtle shouted: “Mom! » » (230). Taylor's mother's death and adoption show the cycle of life. Beans show how rebirth is possible, and their use consistently indicates how common rebirth is throughout history. Like the spring season, characters in novels have a chance to be reborn. By going through life experiences and meeting people from different backgrounds, the characters blossom and become what the author intended them to become. Symbolic measures, such as the beans, also allow the idea of ​​rebirth to shine through as one of the most important themes in the novel The Beans..