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The Secret Life Of Bees Character Analysis

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In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd the protagonist Lily Owens struggles with a both emotionally and physically abusive relationship with her father, T. Ray, and the guilt of accidently killing her mother when she was a toddler. This causes Lily to have a very strong longing for a maternal figure in her life. After Lily sees her housemaid, Rosaleen, perform an act of courage, Lily gains enough confidence to run away from her father with Rosaleen in search of information about her mother. They end up at the house of the Boatwright sisters, May, June, and August. Here Lily transforms from a girl to a woman, learns about herself, and feels what it’s like to be a part of a community. At the end of the book there is a point where the
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