Divorce In Barbara Kingsolver's Essay 'Stone Soup'

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Society considers divorce as a failure and a destruction to a family unit when in reality divorce should be considered normal considering that the majority of families are blended or single parent homes. Barbara Kingsolver, an american novelist and essayist states her thoughts about divorce, blended and broken families in her essay titled “Stone Soup.” She argues that no family is perfect and that all families have problems. She uses examples, statistics and metaphors to persuade her readers of what a true family is. She informs us based on her own life experiences: her values, changes, and choices which ended in her divorce. Kingsolver starts off her essay with a scenario; She’s at Andy’s, her best friend’s son, soccer game. The boy scores

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