Estevan

This last week was a complete and utter monstrosity for me, seeing as I had three different group projects going on at the same time. One was for Theology, one was for English (this project), and one was for a mandatory fluff class that serves very little real-life value.

My class recently had to read "The Bean Trees", a 1988 novel by Barbara Kingsolver, and our professor put us into three-man groups to make sure we got the work done quickly and efficiently. Two groups conducted interviews, and another did a PowerPoint presentation. My teammates, however, approached me after we got the assignment and said, "Skye, how would you like to write some song parodies for our Kingsolver project?"

Since I have been in the filk (song parody) business unofficially since I was eleven years old (this will soon be an eight-year quirk of mine), and have some experience with this relatively-useless talent. Weird Al made a living out of doing this, but I'm not that lucky. I wrote a sampler set of songs for the project, but "Stay Away from Angel" a spoof of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites, was the most popular number. "Estevan", a spoof from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", was a close second.

Estevan
Paranoid, Black Sabbath)
Esperanza, Estevan, and Guatemalan militants
Start a subplot for "Bean Trees" and make a change of residence.

In the start they seem alright, until the wife tries suicide.
Estevan explains the rest; there is a pain they hide inside.

Is their daughter still alive today?
Who knows?

Immigration is a thing Kingsolver takes to heart, we see.
Help the people like these two, don't leave them there in misery.

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[Nehelenia]

Estevan and his wife, Esperanza, Goosemunky, are two victims in the Barbara Kingsolver book "the Bean Trees". They're a couple of illegal immigrants from Guatemala the protagonist befriends.

[Nehelenia]

Thank you; the fact that you could hear yourself laughing in the background, Miranda, gives me some relief. Apparently, I didn't make your eardrums bleed after all!

[virgincollector69]

Estevan...YOU WILL BE MY WIFE!!!!!! lol

[goosemunky]

is this estevan sk?

[ccmiranda2011]

i was sooooo lauging in the background. good job girls!!