Secret Life of Bees Essay In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd the character Lily goes through several challenges but overcomes them with the help of others around her. I found it valuable to walk in someone else's shoes when seeing how Lily didn’t have the life of a “normal” teenage girl. I thought it was bad when my parents would punish me because I would complain about putting the dishes away but seeing how Lily’s father would punish her for every little thing gave me a new perspective on how easy I have it. Lily went through many things like her mother dying, her father ignoring her, and not being able to fit in with the others at school. Looking back on that summer the fourteen year