Moth And Bees: A Narrative Fiction

From her balloon perch Cynthia looked at the world laid out beneath her. The trees reached from her as though to tickle the balloon basket as she passed. The lakes and river sparkled and winked on the sun. The green above the grass looked brighter than Cynthia had ever thought it could. She gave a sigh to contentment. She wished that she could stay about her balloon

The Secret Life of Bees is a novel written to display the unfairness and inequality between races. To portray the true injustice of events that occurred the novel needs to be historically accurate. In order for the readers to believe what is happening in the book was a real event that occurred the author had to develop the characters around a specific event. In the book the text states “‘ I’m going to vote that's what.”... There was Rosaleen grabbed and thrashing side to side”(Kidd32). Here the author portrays the struggle colored people went through to vote. In order to get the readers to fully understand the situation colored people were put in she shows a character going through a like occurrence. In this case she shows Rosaleen in vivid

"New beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants." (57) This quote is at the beginning of chapter three and not only foreshadows many things to come, but within the quote, two of the novel’s main metaphors are mentioned, bees and the queen, which is referring to society and a mother figure. Although this quote is largely interpreted as a metaphor for Lily looking for a new queen or mother figure, and perhaps August being that mother, I believe that it has another meaning as well. I believe that the Black Madonna also serves as a “queen” and mother figure to all the women in “The Secret Life of Bees.”

Books are like people, there is a wide variety and range of them, they can range from different types of vernacular to age appropriateness. Due to the wide range some books are eligible to be banned from a school district for any array of reasons. Books can be banned because of, profanity, societal issues or anything else that could possibly be thought of. The Secret Life of Bees should be taught in high school curriculum because it allows for readers to see how someone can overcome oppression of racism and various categories of abuse.

A single beam of light shone thru the curtain. The specs of dust in the room danced between the rays, whisked into the air by the pleasant breeze tip toeing thru the screen door. I could feel the warmth on my cheek as I rose from the sheets, thoroughly rested. I briskly got ready, slipping on my tennis shoes, old and worn. Stepping outside, I was greeted by the painfully sweet aroma of sweet pea flowers, entranced by the blissful gleams of sunlight, and spellbound by the familiar screeching of parrots, flocking in clouds of bright vermilion.

In life, relatively anything can happen for a reason. Whether it occurs upon our own actions or not, instances may arise for a new change. Within the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, our main protagonist, Lily, is tested by making a life-changing decision to either return to her father, T. Ray’s captivity, or stay with the Boatwright sisters, whom she befriended on her runaway adventure. Even through tough times Lily has endured with T. Ray, when it was time for her to decide who should receive custody of her, she was still hesitant, despite knowing what her circumstances may be if she were to choose T. Ray. Even though T. Ray is Lily’s biological father, unfortunately, is not up to par to provide her with the necessities that this fourteen year-old girl needs. I strongly believe that Lily should live with the Boatwright sisters, due to many factors they can provide that makes Lily a better person.

I forgot to include two-steps of instruction which would enhance the writer in writing a Moth story. The step one I should include the beginning, middle, and end because all stories should have those parts. The beginning is how the tune of the story sets up and the plot what is talking about. The middle of the story is the climax or the meat what is going to happen to the characters. The ending is how the story ends or how the character resolve. Another step I can add which is pinpoint your turn lifetime or key time. Sometimes we when writing we do not know what direction to start so using the key time of your life will help get you the hump. Maybe your key time can be starting school or even finding your first job.

Setting of Novel: The Secret Life of Bees took place in the 1960s in Sylvan, South Carolina

In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, May goes to the “Wailing Wall” because she personally affected by all the sadness and tragedy in the world, and she killed herself because of them. The world has changed in good ways recently, but there are still much sadness and tragedy. The most significant causes that make people sad would be about “death”. Also, there are many problems such as wars, disasters, cases, suicides, and more, and those problems make people sad because they bring something causing misery or death to people. Even if May lived in this era, she might kill herself because of much sadness and tragedy.

Every novel in the English literature has similarities and differences to another. The comparison between the novels is judged from topics such as the setting, laws, characters and daily living. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has many similarities and differences with the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Both novels are comparative as the characters in the books, their relationships and community laws portrayed are very similar and different to each other. The following examples and explanations prove that the authors of both novels are trying to convey similar yet different messages.

Picture being the cause of a life-changing event including the loss of the woman who gave birth to you ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ was by Sue Monk Kidd. The main characters are Lily Owens, T Ray Owens, Rosaleen Daise, and August and June Boatwright. It is 1964 in Sylvan, South Carolina, and Lily Owens, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray, who is both neglectful and abusive. There are Bees that seem to be at home with her, often visit Lily. Lily Owens takes part in on the desperate search for answers about her mother lead to the discovery of how powerful love can transcend through a strong female community, overcoming racism and how a tiny bee may teach bigger life lessons.

Written by Sue Monk Kidd the novel "The Secret Life of Bees" traces the life of a 14 year old girl searching for love and care. The story begins in a peach farm in Sylvan, South Carolina but travels toward and ends in Tiburon, South Carolina. The city of Tiburon unleashes many truths that lily has wondered throughout her life. The town brings her what she has been longing for since she was a child.

Virginia Woolf begins her essay by establishing a setting, and introducing the moth. She uses imagery to depict autumn, as well as describe the moth’s characteristics. According to her essay, it states, “…with

Most students’ outlook on summer reading is negative, a waste of time. I believe that this can be proven untrue with exciting and well-written novels. Stories should be fun to immerse yourself in, and those types of books should be what makes up the 5 book list for the incoming students to this class. The novel The Beekeeper’s Apprentice is such a book, and should be included on the reading list, and 1984 should not be on the list.

My story begins with the end, it’s kind of a weird way to start a story but here it goes, Anferney a wasp that always picked on Benjamin who was a bee, well one day, wasn’t the best day to choose but it was that one day Anferney chose to fight Benjamin but like I said it wasn’t the best day because a week before Anferney got in a fight with Benjamin’s older brother who was almost as big as a wasp, anywho they fought and Anferney got a few legs ripped off. His rage boiled in him and he wanted to get his revenge but not with chuck but with Benjamin. So on an uneventful day he flew up to Benjamin. Without a clue Benjamin was swept off his legs and when he was down Anferney took advantage of him. He swung with stinger at him hoping that he would get him and it would be all over but it didn’t work out the way he wanted it to.