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: Barbara Kingsolver as an author has mastered the art of writing political stories about human's plight and nature's exploitation. Her life in Kentucky and career as a biologist has opened doors to new ecofeminist perspectives. This paper aims to analyse The Bean Trees and Flight Behaviour from ecofeminist perspective, highlighting every issue ecofeminism aims to analyse. Anthropocentrism gives priority to human needs and Androcentrism narrows down the discrimination by treating men as the representatives of human condition. In both cases nature and women receive the shorter end of the stick as they are exploited to cater to the needs of entitled men. The prevalence of this entitlement can be seen through Bear Turnbow's actions in The Flight Behaviour and Turtles assault in The Bean Trees. Kingsolver unearths different layers of Anthropocentrism in her narrative by highlighting the moral dilemmas which come with using natural resources for one's own gain. While the women in her novels feel trapped in their world due to social conventions, nature is also given very little regard by the same people. The predicament of women and the exploitation of nature interweave to create a compelling narrative which advocates the liberation of both.