In the novel The Secret Life of Bees, written by Sue Monk Kidd, the protagonist named Lily is developed significantly. Lily has a dark past in which she has suffered a lot, especially being motherless and the hatred she receives from her father, T.Ray, however she is innocent and manages to find her identity and understand so much about life through the challenges she encounters. She is characterized as a strong, determined and a fearless 14 year old who finds herself in a new environment where she finds herself a new life full of happiness and hard work. Lily’s mother had died mysteriously when Lily was only four years old. She longs to know about her mother extremely but her abusive father tells her nothing about Lily’s mother and doesn’t