Conflict In The Bean Trees

Have you ever been in a tough situation? An over arching theme for the books The Bean Trees, and Mexican White boy is having grit and mental toughness under pressure. In the books there are good examples of people under pressure showing their true selves.
Peoples morals are tested and they prosper in a tough situation. The book Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver the main character Taylor's true colors when someone drops a small child into the back of her car. “I jumped when she pecked on the windshield. It was the round woman in the blanket. “No thanks,” I said. I thought she wanted to wash the windshield, but instead she went around to the other side and opened the door. “You need a lift someplace?” I asked her. Her body, her face, and her eyes

It shows true good character when someone is given a shocking piece of information and they would crack under the pressure or soldier on. This same situation happened to Danny, in the book Mexican White Boy by Matt De La Peña, when Danny finally confronts the mysterious Mexican man in the Padres hat that would follow him around. “Your dad asked me if I could. I said yes, of course.” Danny’s stomach drops. His entire body goes numb, limp. Like he’s paralyzed. His dad? He feels light, like he could just float away at any second. He sits down in a metal chair by the door and stares at the stacks of hot dog buns.” “He shakes his head, stares down at the black-and-white checkered tiles, sighs. "He asked me if I could watch over you. While he’s away.” Danny looks back at the scout, a frown coming over his face. The scout pulls off his Padres cap, smoothes his thick black hair peppered with gray and pulls the cap back on. “Your dad asked me if I could. I said yes, of course." Danny’s stomach drops. His entire body goes numb, limp. Like he’s paralyzed. His dad? He feels light, like he could just float away at any second. He sits down in a metal chair by the door and stares at the stacks of hot dog buns.”" ( De La Peña, Mexican White Boy.) Danny could have acted iff the world had fallen down on him. But Danny acted like nothing happened and soldiered on. In the book Mexican White Boy there is another example of Danny

For example, in the MLB David Ortiz is considered to be 'clutch' because he did well in big pressure situations in key times. The write Jeff Wise who writes for psychology today said about the psychological side of not cracking under pressure was "In some regards, the answer is clearly yes. Gross-motor skills like running and punching improve steadily the greater the pressure; even when we're on the verge of death when, say, a bear is nipping at our heels." (Wise, Extreme Fear.) When someone is in a tough situation their fight or flight instinct comes out. It shows someone's true character if they are in a tough situation if the they fight, they do well, or they flight, don't do well. A good example of not doing well under pressure is in the book Lord of the Flies. Book The Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys on a deserted island who slowly descend into madness. The boys kill one of there fellow survivors pushing him off a cliff and smashing him with a rock. The boys in lord of the flies didn't do well when they were under pressure. The true side of the boys were shown when they smashed a fellow survivor with a rock. The true side of the boys were shown when they killed the other