How Long to Read Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living

How Long Does it Take to Read Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living by W. S. Penn

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Raising Bean: Native Instincts on Loving, Learning, and Becoming a Human Being is a collection of narrative essays by W. S. Penn, a mixed-blood Native American writer. Penn's essays are conversations with his granddaughter, who is lovingly referred to as Bean, and now made available to a larger audience. Offered in the oral traditions of the Nez Perce, with satirical wit or a Native perspective on a range of ideas and events, Penn's objective was to guide Bean toward adulthood while confronting society's interest in possessions, fairness, and status. Drawing on his own family history and Native mythology, Penn charts a way through life where each endeavor is a journey-an opportunity to love, to learn, or to interact-rather than the means to a prize at the end. Divided into five parts, Penn addresses topics such as the power of words, race and identity, school, and how to be. In the essay In the Nick of Names, Penn takes an amused look at the words we use for people and how their power, real or imagined, can alter our perception of an entire group. To Have and On Hold is an essay about wanting to assimilate into a group but at the risk of losing a good bit of yourself. A Harvest Moon is a humorous anecdote about a Native grandfather visiting his granddaughter's classroom and the absurdities of being a professional Indian. Not Nobody uses Be All that You Can Be Week at Bean's school to reveal the lessons and advantages of being a nobody. In From Paper to Person, Penn imagines the joy that may come to Bean when she spends time with her Paper People-three-foot-tall drawings, mounted on stiff cardboard-and as she grows into a young woman like her mom, able to say she is a person who is happy with what she has and not sorry for what she doesn't. Comical and engaging, the essays in Raising Bean will appeal to readers of all backgrounds and interests, especially those with a curiosity in language, perception, humor, and the ways in which Native people guide their families and friends with stories.

How long is Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living?

Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living by W. S. Penn is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living aloud.

What Reading Level is Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living?

Raising Bean: Essays on Laughing and Living is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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