Sue M. Kidd's The Secret Life Of Bees

Sue M. Kidd grew up in 1964 where prejudice and discrimination was still in full effect, in “The Secret life of Bees” a New York Times bestseller and major picture movie was written it had a lot of influences from her adolescents. Sue M. Kidd explains to the reader the reasoning for her naming the book “The Secret Life of Bees’ was because she practically lived with Bees when she was younger, the honey would ooze out from the walls onto the floor. “The Secret Life of Bees” was published on November 8Th,2001 and the major picture movie was released on October 17th, 2008. Sue M Kidd uses many literary devices throughout the book, in fact it is an expended metaphor describing how the Bees illustrates who Lily (the main character) is and what
August is a beekeeper and while Lily and Rosaleen board with them they must help around the house. August teaches Lily the way of the bees, how much of an intelligent insect they are. Lily is memorized by the bees and feels alive, August explains how the bees are a symbol of life. Lily learns how important the bees and their honey is, the Boatright sisters use it on everything. They explain how it heals everything from dry skin to a broken heart. In chapter nine page 136 the quote that begins the chapter says “Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die” Lily is shocked with the way an African American family could love and support her unlike her own father. Lily never really had a family, and the support she gets from the Boatright sisters and the bees shows how important communication and love really
She reminded me that the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don’t be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don’t be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don’t swat. Don’t even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee’s temper. Act like you know what you’re doing, even if you don’t. Above all, send the bees love, every little thing wants to be loved.” August explains to Lily that bees have a secret life, and people fail to realize how difficult their life really is. Lily realizes how a bee and her are so much alike. When bees do not have a queen they cannot function. Like Lily who greatly misses her mother, little did she know you can introduce a new queen to the hive. Lily’s new ‘queens’ were the Boatright sisters and Rosaleen. She found people who could properly love her, the bees showed Lily how adjusting to a different environment can greatly impact her life for the better. Using Lily Owens, the bees, the Boatright sisters, and Rosaleen the theme of “The Secret Life of Bees” is to show that the bees are guidance to Lily and guide her to what she must do to find happiness. When Lily Masters Beekeeping and actually realize how much they are alike she finds happiness with the Boatright