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Secret Life Of Bees Character Analysis Essay

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The Character I Admired

“Secret Life of Bees,” a book written by Sue Monk Kidd is about a fourteen year old girl named Lily Owens that has her whole life flash before her eyes because of the blurred haunting memory of the afternoon her mother was killed when she was only four years old. I personally haven’t dealt with this, but I can only imagine how it feels to have your mother’s life be taken away because of an accidental action you decided to take. In this story, there are characters of different skin colors, different personalities, different beliefs and they all somehow come together to form an usual, but loving family. But because of this there are some characters more adored than others, if it’s because they lied, there personality is not nice, or they are abusive, each character has their own reasons behind why they act like they do. Even though many people’s favorite character in the “Secret Life of Bees” is Lily, the character I admired the most in this book was August because she was kind and understanding. …show more content…

She was known for her kindness mostly in this book because she let Lily and Rosaleen, her nanny, stay at her house knowing that they were complete strangers as she stated, "Well, you can stay here till you figure out what to do. We can't have you living on the side of the road.” Which shows that she cares for those that aren’t fortunate to have a place of their own. Another thing August nicely stated was, “There is nothing perfect in life, there is only life.” This work is significant because this quote shows the kind of invaluable maternal comfort August tried to provide to Lily, which was a different emotion because most people would tell Lily empty phrases for the role she played in her mother’s death. August played a genuine role in the “Secret Life of Bees,” as well as she played an important role for Lily as being the mother she never

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