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- Title
COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIVITY IN KINGSOLVER'S PIGS IN HEAVEN.
- Authors
Gowrishankar K.
- Abstract
Barbara Kingsolver's novel 'Pigs in Heaven' is a sequel and corrective to the earlier The Bean Trees. It is a portrayal of American Indians and the contemporary awareness of racial issues. The plot of the novel describes Taylor's responsibility of taking care of Turtle, her .secuvhfor a job, her sharing of residence with Lou Ann, her friendship with the Guatemalan refugees, her popularity when they saved a mentally retarded man from the Hoover dam spot, Anna wake Fourkiller threat to separate Turtle from her for not having legal adoption papers and her connection to Indians. This paper attempts to analyze the various aspects handled by Kingsolver to create or attain a community through connectivity through her characters.
- Subjects
PIGS in Heaven (Book : Kingsolver); KINGSOLVER, Barbara, 1955-; LITERARY criticism; NATIVE Americans in literature; RACISM in literature; INDIAN Child Welfare Act of 1978 (U.S.)
- Publication
Literary Endeavour, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 3, p33
- ISSN
0976-299X
- Publication type
Literary Criticism