Happiness Westward: An Essay About The Bean Trees Taylor, like many Americans wanted a better life for herself. All around her, girls were getting pregnant and thus having to stay in Pittman County, Kentucky to raise a family. Taylor decides to head west until her car breaks down. This idea was not seen through, however, because when Taylor hit Tucson, Arizona, she decided to make it her home. Even though she had managed to escape …showed first 75 words of 491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 491 total…Turtle, “…I’ll try as hard as I can to stay with you”. In conclusion, I think that Taylor did find a better life for herself by leaving home. She was able to clearly see that there was no future for her in Pittman county. But by venturing west, she found that the “American Dream” meant finding her own purpose in life, and I think she came to realize that her purpose was named “Turtle”.