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    The Secret Life of Bees‚ Deborah Owens is the most crucial character in the novel‚ which is set in South Carolina in 1964. Deborah’s choices and characteristics affect the protagonist of the novel as well as many other characters. In The Secret Life of Bees‚ it is Deborah’s value for all life‚ bravery and motherliness that influence other characters and make her the character who shapes Lily the most and makes her the most plot-opening character in the story. Firstly‚ Deborah values all life. including

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    August Boatwright Caring - “Displaying kindness and concern for others” (Google). In the novel The Secret Life of Bees this is the perfect adjective to describe August Boatwright. This is shown by how she interacts with the bees‚ how she is comforting and patient towards May‚ and most of all‚ how she helps Lilly. August is kind and carrying to the bees. She never uses the smoke unless it is completely necessary and she does not get angry when they sting her because she understands why they

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    A mother influences a child’s growth‚ specifically a daughter‚ and helps them towards independence and maturity. “ The Secret Life of Bees” written by Sue Monk Kidd is a novel about a young teenage girl‚ who runs away from her unloving and bitter father to search for the secrets of her dead mothers past.  This novel allowed the author to share the importance of the truth and accepting the realities. Kidd also explores forgiveness‚ racism and feminine power. The author demonstrates that a family

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    The Secret Life of Bees within the Southern Gothic Genre Most southern gothic literature deals with the disturbed and flawed characters; one of the most famous writers of this genre is Edgar Allan Poe. The southern gothic genre is characterized by grotesque‚ gruesome‚ or unbelievable incidents. The southern gothic genre is portrayed in many ways. Lily‚ the main character‚ goes through many difficult life experiences and learns many tough lessons. This book does not have a happy ending like a fairy

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    Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret Life of Bees‚ the female community and the roles in a colony of honeybees go hand in hand in completing the underlying theme that assists the plot’s development. The characters throughout the novel present many parallels to the novel’s main symbol: bees. The aspects of a colony and how every bee‚ each with a different job works together for a common goal or purpose‚ reflects significantly on the plot and on the main characters. The symbol of bees is related to many extremely

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    Katherine Liu! Professor Wolterbeek! English 1B! 05/12/2014 Page 1 of 5 KIDD DAY #2 (67-135) 
 1. In chapter four and five the reader is introduced to the Boatwright sisters and their home. Find passages that provide a physical description of the sisters‚ the family dwelling and the honey house. What do these passages reveal about the Boatwright family culture? The first time Lily sees August‚ she is described as a “tall‚ dressed in white‚ wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her

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    The Secret Life of Bees By: Sue Monk Kidd Text: Except: Chap.1- “This is what I knew about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away.”(8) Excerpt: Chap.1- “I want to say they [the bees] showed up like the angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary‚ setting events in motion I could never have guessed.”(2) Quote: Chap.2- “The truth is‚ your sorry mother ran off and left you. The day she died‚ she’d come back to get her things‚ that’s all. You can hate me all you want‚ but

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    specific gender roles in the past‚ our people as a whole haven’t learned from these courageous examples. Instead‚ there are traditional ways in which our children are molded from long held ideals which have survived throughout many years and continue to segregate men and women apart. Certain occupations and many careers continue to devalue women and glue them as far away from greater opportunities. The media has also become the biggest influence in pushing men and women to conform to their gender appropriate

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    How does gender impact on ‘life chances’ and our everyday life experiences? Through human culture‚ we can see how life chances (political theory of the opportunities each individual has to improve his or her quality of life) and the life experiences of a human being are a mere social construction according to their sex‚ gender identity and role they play in society. This creates inequality between people in society. ‘Sex depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and

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    Gender Roles in Literature In a society‚ there are set of accepted norms that expected to be met by everyone that is included within that society. As time passes‚ society begins to evolve and the standards change. What was once a normal standard of living in the early 1920’s may be seen as old fashioned and is no longer acceptable in the late 1980’s. These standards are the base of how one should live and are enforced through influences such as peers‚ media‚ and literature. Seeing women and male

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