I read “The Secret Life of Bees” and the main character is Lily Owens. Lily Owens is a 14 year old girl who runs away from her abusive father because he treats her very badly‚ and because he lies to her about her past. Lily’s mother died when she was just 3 years old‚ and Lily hardly remembers anything about her mom‚ but what she does remember‚ is that Lily was the cause of her mothers death‚ but it was an accident. Lily found a few of her mothers’ belongings‚ and she keeps them with her all
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Life of Bees‚ Sue Monk Kidd demonstrates how contentment becomes prevalent in a person’s life through the characters Lily and June once they seek forgiveness. Lily‚ a fourteen-year-old runaway white girl‚ not only struggles to forgive herself‚ but her father‚ T Ray‚ and her mother for their wrongdoings in her lifetime. Similarly‚ June‚ one of the Boatwright sisters that takes in Lily when she runs away‚ strives to pardon her ex fiance and Lily’s mother due to the undeserved way they treated June in
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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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novel The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Lily‚ a 14 year old girl experiences racism for The first time‚ an encounter that many young people came to know in 1960’s America and an encounter that many people still face today. Racism has been around for so many years and is portrayed in so many ways. Some say that racism was exceptionally high in 1960’s America where relationships were based on color‚ and discrimination was the way of life. Lily herself experienced her fair share of racism even
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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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