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How Does Sue Monk Kidd Use Direct Characterization In The Secret Life Of Bees

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Sue Monk Kidd applies indirect characterization in her novel The Secret Life of Bees to Lily, describing her as a free-spirited person in order to develop Lily’s growing desire to leave T Ray. One example demonstrated in the novel is found where Lily and Rosaleen watch President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act. Lily thinks about her opinion toward the wife of the President, ‘Lady Bird,’ while Johnson signs the act. “I did admire his wife, Lady Bird, though, who always looked like she wanted nothing more than to sprout wings and fly away” (20). In this example, Lily displays her admiration for the First Lady because of her apparent desire to ‘fly away.’ This indirectly characterizes her as free-spirited and one who would love
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