between August and Lily‚ and the motif of bees are incorporated into the novel. The first literary device used in the novel is the symbolism of the black Mary. The black Mary picture that Lily first carries around with her symbolizes her mother Deborah and a piece of her Lily has left. Lily has the picture and wants to find where it’s from to discover something about her mom. Lily eventually ends up at the Boatwright house and discovers that’s where the picture came from. When Lily sees the statue of
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adventures to mature and change. Lily and Jim both start out as young‚ innocent kids and soon become matured young adults that are able to make their own decisions and do what is best for others. In these two novels both Jim and Lily starts out as very young kids that have a lot of change that has taken place in both of their lives. For example‚ Lily being there when Rosaleen was arrested and how Captain Flint arrived at Jim’s families Inn. Also‚ when Lily and Jim both had to leave their homes
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Life of Bees demonstrates how Lily Owens had felt throughout most of the book. Lily Owens has a young girl was blamed for killing her mother by her father‚ T-Ray. She grew up very curious and inspired. Within this journal I will be predicting what happened to Lily and her father T-Ray‚ evaluate where Lily and the family maid Rosaleen will go in the future and lastly I will be questioning the relationship between T-Ray and Lily. Within the first couple chapters Lily Owens narrates the complex relationship
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decisions. In the novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ throughout her transformative journey‚ the main character‚ Lily Owens‚ is motivated by the concept of bees. For instance‚ bees are associated with a theme of being mother figures during Lily’s journey. Similarly‚ she uses bees as analogies to help her understand ordinary
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Life of Bees‚ T.Ray lacks parenting skills while August provides motherly care towards Lily. T.Ray is verbally abusive‚ making Lily feel terrible‚ whereas August words are soothing and inspiring. Lily spends a night in the orchard and when waking up in the morning to find T.Ray. T.Ray misunderstands and gets mad at her for thinking she was out meeting a boy. T.Ray then yells at her: "I expect this out of boys‚ Lily‚ you can’t blame them. But I expect more out of you. you act not better than a slut"
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development of one main character in her novels. In this novel‚ Lily Owens‚
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of 1964‚ lily is turning 14 -doesn’t call T-Ray daddy b/c it “doesn’t fit him” aka he mistreats her so she isnt able to see him as a father figure -rosaleen was a stand-in mother -lily calls t-ray into her room saying there’s a swarm of bees -t-ray comes in and there isn’t any bees and he’s like “the fuck nigga y u b playin” - does lily have schizophrenia??????? or just a very imaginitive mind -only memory of her mom lily has is the day that she died‚ December 3rd‚ 1954. lily was 4 years
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fight with them but‚ we can’t bear to stay mad at them‚ for they are still our mother and just doing on what’s best for us. In The Secret Life of Bees‚ a fiction novel by Sue Monk Kidd‚ the determined protagonist‚ Lily Owens‚ finds out all about her mother’s past‚ the day she died when Lily was 4‚ no matter where or how long it takes her. Her interactions with minor characters like T. Ray‚ her father‚ Rosaleen‚ the Boatwright sisters‚ and other minor characters in the novel creates conflict that will
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The Open Jar Symbolism “I had to get away from T.Ray‚ who was probably on his way back this minute to do Lord-knows-what to me.”(Kidd 41). Lily Owens‚ the main character of Sue Monk Kidd’s novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ constantly lives in fear of her father’s temper has to take her wellbeing into her own hands when his temper gets too much for Lily to handle. She was living in an abusive relationship with her father T. Ray‚ until she runs away and finds safe haven with a family her deceased mother
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Lily’s account on Zach during her stay in Tiburon‚ and Lily’s views on racism after the influence of the community of Tiburon. Initially‚ Lily knows black women not to be considerable smart‚ until she meets August Boatwright. Furthermore‚ in the beginning of the novel Rosaleen is the only black women Lily knows‚ and since Rosaleen is not educated it causes Lily to believe that all black women are uneducated. “`Keep walking‚ ` I whispered. `Don`t pay any attention. ` But Rosaleen‚... had less sense
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