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The Secret Life Of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd

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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Point of view, narrative voice--Be specific about the narrator and include as many details as possible: This book is told in the first person. The narrator of the story is Lily Owens. Lily is a girl that runs away from home and lives on a honey farm. First person point of view was a good choice for this book because of the type of story it is. This story is a bildungsroman/coming of age story, and by having the story told from Lily’s perspective, we’re able to get a deeper look into her mind. This really helps to be able to better understand how Lily changes over the course of the book. Setting (time & place): Look at city & state, religions, homes This book takes place in 1964. I know this because …show more content…

It does this because in an old tale, this statue was chained up in a house, but it kept escaping from the chains. Because of this, it represents the inner strength that you have to break your own chains. The Whale Pin The whale pin symbolizes the love that T. Ray used to have for Lily’s mother. He gave it to her as a present on her 22nd birthday. It also symbolizes how he’s become bitter over time since her death. Significance: P. 69 What is the significance of the Boatwright sisters’ names? The Boatwright sisters were named after the months of the year. During the month that they were named after, their mother let them stay up an extra hour each night. Briefly describe each Boatright sister and her role in Lily’s life. April was May’s twin. She was very sensitive. She didn’t really have an impact on Lily’s life. May was April’s twin. After April died, May became very sensitive to all of the issues going on in the world. She was the one who revealed that Lily’s mother had stayed with them. June is very independent and stubborn. When she first met Lily she resented her because of her mother. August used to work for Lily’s mother, and June didn’t like this. After a while, June warmed up to Lily and began to like

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It doesn’t take a wizard to see Zach loves you. And every one of the Daughters loves you” (Kidd 242). August makes Lily feel better and clears her conscience about her mother. Later in the story, Lily gets confirmation she did kill her mother from T-Ray, but, because August talked to Lily, she was not completely distraught. In conclusion, August impacts Lily in a good way and helps her with her mom.

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Journal #7 On page 182, Lily thinks to herself, “If August is the red heart on Mary’s chest, Rosaleen is the fist.” Lily believes August has the heart of Mary because she puts everyone before herself. For example, August tells Lily, “If it (the Caribbean Pink House) can lift Mary’s heart like that, I guess she ought to live inside it” (147). August wanted to choose a different color, but what mattered to her more was her little sister, May. August believes that with all the pain and grief May suffers from she deserves to have things that make her happy.

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August took her to meet May and June and learn about different perspectives on their lives. The four people give Lily's life a new perspective and teach her how to be a better person by finding new people who will give her a chance. August embodies leadership and independence by providing Lily with guidance and support. The main figure in the Boatwright household teaches Lily life lessons. "Well, if you have a queen and a group of independent-minded bees that split off from the rest of the hive and look for another place to live, then you’ve got a swarm.”

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Lily returns home to take some things to Rosaleen when T-Ray informs her that her mother had left her as a child. Lily has worshipped her mother for her entire life, and she refuses to

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Although Lily did suffer a great loss from losing her mom, she gained so much more with the love and support that the Boatwrights and their group gave her. She has gained friends, someone to look up to, and the sense of family from all of them. Without the loss of her mom and the abuse of her dad she would never of gotten the experience of such powerful female role models and a new

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In this passage, Kidd characterized Lily as immature, and a primary trace of this characterization can be spotted at the very beginning of the passage, where Lily questions “How dare she? How dare she leave me? I was her child.” (Kidd 259). The interrogative syntax in this monologue suggests that Lily is still confused as to why her mom left her, even after August spent time explaining it to her.

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August goes on to tell Lily a truth she was not expecting to hear; her mother left T.Ray and fled to the pink house several years after she was born. Lily is furious when she hears this but

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The Secret Lives of People The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, is an interesting story that connects human lives to bees. The story takes place in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement and fourteen year-old Lily Owens leaves her abusive father and her home in Sylvan, South Carolina to go to Tiburon with hopes to find information on her mother. Throughout the story, Lily struggles with many internal conflicts and also meets several mother figures along the way.

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Continuing, another theme that led us through Lily’s adventure of growing up was her discovering how important storytelling was. She was going through gruesome horrid things, and when she read things like Shakespeare she realized how important it was because it helped her escape to a fantasy world for a little bit of time. Lastly, Lily learns the power of the female community. Lily grew up without a mother, so for a large chunk of her life she didn’t know the real power the female community held.

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