![]() They feel comfortable with each other because they talk alike, using expressions such as "I'll swan" and "ugly as a mud stick fence." Taylor and Lou Ann both grew up in rural Kentucky and consider themselves hillbillies. Kingsolver's native southern Kentucky dialect contributes to the realistic representation of the simple, ordinary life lived by her characters. transformed in ways that favored function over beauty." This image, which is both humorous and serious, gives readers a clear picture of Taylor's physical surroundings. ![]() Kingsolver describes the neighborhood where Taylor and Lou Ann live in Arizona as being "a little senile, with arthritic hinges and window screens hanging at embarrassing angles. ![]() For example, we hear the air gun as Taylor works on tires at Jesus Is Lord Used Tires, and we feel the same tingling in our fingers that Lou Ann feels after dicing hot chilies in a packing line at Red Hot Mama's salsa factory. She blends realism with lyricism, interspersed with humor, to create what critics have called a "southern novel taken west." Kingsolver accurately depicts the lives of common, everyday people (most of them women) by creating vivid images that provoke thoughts, feelings, and moods. ![]()
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