Mission College Bean Trees Book Review

At the start of this quarter, you wrote a movie review for your favorite film. We learned that movie reviews 1) inform the audience about the film (who directed it, what it is about, who the main characters and actors are, etc.) and 2) persuade the audience to either see or avoid the film based on clear argumentation throughout and persuasive language. Write a book review for The Bean Trees, applying much of what you learned for your film review, in which you tell your audience about Barbara Kingsolver’snovel and whether you think itis worth recommendation and why. Your review should have a well–written introduction (with a summary of the book and a thesis offering your overall evaluation of the book and including the specific points of your body paragraphs)and at least two body paragraphs that are centered on a single element of the novel (character development, plot, setting, theme, etc.) that you then analyze to persuade your audience to read The Bean Tresor not. In these paragraphs, you’ll want to use specific evidence from the book (such as quotations or paraphrases or detailed examples) to support your ideas. For instance, if you say readers will really love to witness the evolution of the main characters in the story, you will want to provide an example of one such evolution. Remember that your tone in this essay is extremely important—you want your position on the novel to be very evident and convincing to your reader. You want to have strong, clear arguments (such as this strong thesis statement: Readers will be blown away by Kingsolver’s giftfordeveloping complex, likable characters who go through some terrible challenges and still manage to find a joy in lifeand friendshipthat inspires readers).In addition to writing clear arguments, your stance on The Bean Treeswill beunderscored if you fillyour paper with persuasive language like “fantastic,” “dreadful,” “illuminating,” “boring,” etc. that suits yourattitude toward the book.