The Bees: A Narrative Fiction

Both of these paintings show the love and desire to hold on to ones heritage and family traditions which is extremely important in Hispanic families. Both with vivid colors and images. In Kahlo’s “Self Portrait on the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States”, even though she is a Mexican woman living in a non-Mexican country, she is able to accept both sides and hold on to her own Mexican heritage and culture which it seems she preferred. In Garza’s “Camas Para Sueños”(Beds for Dreams), Garza is showing the love and closeness she had with her sister and how her mother allowed them to dream and reach after those dreams as they kept

Jacks stumble (suddenly t) upon a group of people. They are dressed in strange gray suits. Some are digging in dark, watery soil. The others are (immediately t) placing the samples into a machine. They watch from the safety of a large group of trees whose leaves have turned a dark orange. They wait patiently for the group to disappear. It’s been “15, 20, no 30 minute’s” states Kate. They are still digging around in the soil. The digging goes on for hours. Kate and Mr. Jacks direct their attention to the diggers. They are both wondering what they could possibly be digging for in the watery

The farmhouses looked terrible - the dust was deposited clear up to the window sills in these farmhouses, clear up to the window sills. And even about half of the front door was blocked by this sand. And if people inside wanted to get out, they had to climb out through the window to get out with a shovel to shovel out the front door. And, ah, there was no longer any yard at all there, not a green sprig, not a living thing of any kind, not even a field mouse. Nothing (qtd. in Press 32).

Every family has parents and maybe some siblings too, it is what makes the family a family. Some kids are adopted and some are not and some like Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees got to choose her family. In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, the theme that appears a lot is how much family means, even if it is chosen.

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a book discussing the internal strife of a young white girl, in a very racist 1960’s south. The main character, Lily Owens, faces many problems she must overcome, including her personal dilemma of killing her own mother in an accident. Sue Monk Kidd accurately displays the irrationality of racism in the South during mid- 1960's not only by using beautiful language, but very thoroughly developed plot and character development. Kidd shows the irrationality of racism through the characters in her book, The Secret Life of Bees and shows that even during that time period, some unique people, were able to see beyond the heavy curtain of racism that separated people from each

One Saturday morning, down the old dirt road came a dirty black pickup. Within this vehicle sat Doctor Rutherford Bentson, science professor. as he typically did on weekends like this. The pickup approached the end of the road, and the car approached to a stop in front of a dead tree. The worn seat was relieved of its pain when Bentson climbed out of the driver side door.

The truth was the panhandler was not interested in her chrysanthemums. He looked around her farm and envied her life. He naively saw only that she had a beautiful, thriving

“I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up” (210). Feminist theory is an extension of feminism in which literary pieces are examined to understand the nature of gender inequality and social norms. Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees examined through a feminist lens demonstrates the patriarchy found in Owens household, shows the advantages of all female community, distinguish that mothers play a major factor in any young female’s life, and the variety of roles women take on in the community.

Deciding to take another lesson from Bakuda, I moved forward to flank her and her group. I vaguely remembered something about her building heat vision goggles. Gathering nearly all of my bees to me, I started to work on counter measures. Japanese honey bees had a defense strategy for dealing with invasive wasps. They would gather in a ball and start beating their wings, generating heat. They could survive temperatures up to 114 Fahrenheit. The american bees couldn’t reach those temperatures, but they could still generate heat, hopefully hot enough to act as a decoy.

Beginning in the mid eighteenth century, much of Europe underwent a sustained series of changes in the way goods are produced known as the industrial revolution. During this movement, technological advancements greatly impacted the coal, heavy metals and textile industries as machines replaced hands as the main mechanism of operation. Consequently, a worker’s level of skill soon lost value and factories that demanded individuals performing menial tasks at a fast rate dotted the landscape. Females became more prominent in the workplace, especially because their smaller hands were better suited for textile factories and their smaller bodies allowed for easier movement in coalmines. Middle class males viewed female workers as a threat to morality, family structure and gender roles while the women saw their employment as a necessary means to provide for themselves and their families. This difference can best be explained by a cultural worldview that increasingly emphasized science and inherent differences between the two sexes. Furthermore, the firsthand accounts depicted by the females stand as the most reliable illustrations of work in the nineteenth century because they take into account the needs of the working class.

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.

In the morning, Margaret woke up to the scent of eggs in the kitchen. She hurried downstairs and soon found that her father had ventured off to town. Margaret was worried while she ate her eggs and cleaned the dishes, but that worry subsided when her father popped in the door. Ma scurried over and gave Pa a vast embrace. Pa said, “The men told me that all this dust came from the topsoil of farmers’ fields. They also explained to me that the drought that has been occurring for a few years supplies just the right conditions for the dust to

The Civil Right Act occurred in 1960 which allowed African-Americans more rights. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees many characters challenges and uncover the meaning of accepting taboo ideas. Set in 1964, Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees suggests that accepting taboo actions does not necessarily compromises a person’s moral compass and can lead to an awareness and understanding of the world.

There are many nursing scholars who have contributed to developing the framework and expectations necessary in guiding the nursing profession. Imogene M. King was a nursing pioneer who was dedicated to making improvements in nursing, and understanding the importance of the nurse-patient relationship. She was admired for her development of the conceptual model: King’s Conceptual System Theory of Goal Attainment. This model helps to clarify the responsibilities that nurses hold within the nursing profession and allows patients to participate in their care. There are many areas of nursing that this particular model can be applied, within the nursing practice.

It was a gorgeous summer day. the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the world was at peace on the seemingly carefree sunday afternoon. church had just ended and the children ran fast and free ready to play. They ran two and twelve towards the town’s lake to go swimming, in order to ward off the heat of the noon sun. They stampeded through town bumping over numerous people and even one another to reach the cool blue waves. The menacing multitude took a sharp turn from the street to an old dusty road. The trees shook in the evening breeze and swayed slightly further when the children hurried by. Dust faintly clouded out the light that poured over the path. Finally they reached the dock and began to take off and swap clothes. The boys took off their shirts and pants and swam in their underwear, while the girls chose to go behind some nearby bushes.and exchange out their attire. When everyone was in they started to splash one another while laughing and shouting. A few of them dived under the water to search for fish and other sea life. When they came back, up two of them had seaweed, one held a starfish, and two others had a crab holding it by both sides. It was getting a little later in the day, but the kids were not quite yet ready to leave their fun to rest. They decided to play hide and seek even though the sun was beginning to make its descent behind the green curtains that were the distant hills. One child counted while everyone hid and waited. As he counted out