From all of Kingsolver’s works many people say that she has the tendency as an author to write about the situations and issues that she feels are important to herself and to the readers. Unlike most authors, Kingsolver’s style in her works are more poetic than most. She tends to use more analogies, but she also uses humor. Some critics say she uses humor to create a “Southern novel taken west.” Two of her works where she uses these writing styles are “The Bean Trees” and “Animal Dreams” In the book “The Bean Trees” there is more than one humorous event that takes place to keep the book from being taken to seriously. An example of humor in this story is when Lou thinks her cat has multiple personalities because “The good cat wakes up and thinks
