Summary: Secret Life Of Bees

In The book secret life of Bees, lies and deceit are a big theme, the title even has secret in it. Lily lies frequently to avoid trouble. Page 62 “I'm visiting my grandmother” Here Lily lies to the store keeper by saying she was visiting her grandmother. Page 74 “She doesn't have any family but me, so we decided to go up to Virginia to find my aunt. Except we don't have any money so if you have any work for us while we’re here, maybe we could earn a little before heading on.” Lily lies to august. Rosaleen produced two church fans from the bosom of her dress, and, doing an impersonation of me gazing up sweet-faced, she said, “Oh, Brother Gerald, she was just kidding.” Page. 32 Rosaleen stole 2 fans from the church, without the priest

Gaston wants you to send the policeman that we’ve got over there back to the station. Tell him the preacher is on his way in to sign some papers, and Mr. Gaston can’t be here ’cause he had to leave just now. So if you could tell him to get over here right away…” Page 65. “I asked, and while he walked back toward the kitchen, I dropped the Red Rose snuff in my bag and zipped it up.” Here lily stole some snuff from the store. Page 74 “She fell down the front steps when we were leaving,” I offered, returning to my natural fibbing habit.” Here lily lied and even admitted she had a habit of making things up. In the secret life of bees, august lies to lily throughout the first half of the book about her mother. She pretends not to know anything because she thinks lily isn’t ready to know about it just yet. Page 108 “Spartanburg County,” I said, having to pause and remember what I’d said earlier.” Lily had been lying so frequently that she has started to almost slip up. She clearly is beginning to have trouble remembering earlier lies she had told. Page 135 Zach gives lily a notebook to write her stories in, from this point on it kind of changes her ways of telling stories, or lies, and instead she writes her ideas down here “She took off a long time ago,” I