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Lily Owens In The Secret Life Of Bees

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In the story the secret life of bees the main character is Lily Owens. She is 14 years old and lives with her father T-Ray and caretaker Rosaleen. When Lily was just 4 years old she had accidentally shot her mother by trying to hand her the gun while her dad was abusing her mother. Now, 10 years later, she still feels the guilt and sorrow of her mother's death weighing her down. I admire Lily’s courage and kindness. She always stands up for what she believes in and she doesn’t let people get in the way of her finding more about her mom. In the story each event shows another way that lily is showing courage and kindness. For example when Lily said no she wasn’t going to go back with her dad to Sylvan and when she helped Zach do all the beekeeping …show more content…

He would punish Lily by making her kneel on grits for hours and her knees would get all bloody and cut up. T-Ray also said mean things to lily and he would hide things from her. He would never tell her about her mom even though she asked so that is why she left to Tiburon with Rosaleen. She knew she could find out more about her mom if she went there. When she first arrived August Boatwright, a honey farmer, noticed something special about Lily. August kept trying to think where she had seen lily before then she sawa picture of Deborah Owens and instantly knew who she was. August was Lily’s Mom’s nanny. One day Lily’s Dad had come to Sylvan to get Lily. He knows she is at the Boatwright house. He knocks on the door and Lily invites him inside. She had told him that she wouldn't come home and he started grabbing her and calling her Deborah. Lily yelled “Daddy” and his eyes went blank and he stopped. He began to tear up and Lily said “No! I'm not coming home with you I'm staying here with the Boatwrights.”. Then August began to say that Lily could stay and start school in Tiburon. Usually Lily is too scared to tell the truth to her father but she had the courage to tell him no and she was gonna stay. So T-Ray ended up letting Rosaleen and her stay with

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