Themes In The Secret Life Of Bees

They live in a bright pink house, a very feminine color. The woman in the household have names pertaining to seasons. “These names span a time frame of both sowing and reaping, spring to late summer.” (Emanual, Catherine B. 2). Appropriately, August (a mature season) champions and befriends Lily providing the wisdom and security she so desperately needs. She gently guides Lily but allows her to find her own way. Under Augusts’ wing, Lily finally finds a place to nest. She

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

Once Lily accepts what she has done and learns that her mother's death did not make her a bad person, her conflict can finally be resolved. As a result of resolving her conflict, she is able to mature because of the struggle, just like other people are able to grow and evolve from their own mistakes. This is evident when she admits "Before coming here, my whole life had been nothing but a hole where my mother should have been, and this hole had made me different, left me always aching for something, but never once did I think what he'd lost or how it might've changed him" (Kidd 293). Lily finally realizes that her mother's death has not only affected her, but also her father, T. Ray, and the calendar sisters. Through the course of Lily's struggle, Lily learns a lot about life and matures into a wiser

In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the main character, Lily Owens struggles with the notion that she killed her mother and has to live with her abusive, neglectful father, T-Ray. Throughout, Lily searches for information about her mother and why she left her. Unexpectedly, she stumbles upon new mother figures that play an important role in changing Lily to the person she is in later. The typical sequence of a hero’s journey includes a departure, initiation and trials, and reintegration into society. By the end, Lily Owens developes into a more mature, independent young women after experiencing a difficult childhood.

Only nine percent of United States population grew up with only one parent in the nineteen sixties. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, is about a little girl trying to find information about her mom. She later finds out the truth about her mother and it changes her point of view. Lily (the main character) feelings for her parents changes because she learns the truth, T. Rays action to her, and just not needing them. Lily feelings for her mother, Deborah, change after finding out the truth.

The Secret Life Of Bee’s Extensive Lit Analysis The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd uses symbolism and Foreshadowing to highlight the theme that to come of age it has to be through dramatic Moments. The Secret Life Of Bees is about a 14 year old girl named Lily who accidentally killed her mother when she was just four years old. She now lives with Her abusive father, T.Ray and her nanny/house keeper Rosaleen.

“‘People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different’” (Kidd 293). This quote from August Boatwright perfectly encompasses what happens to Lily during The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. All throughout the novel, the increased maturity of Lily’s character is very noticeable. At the beginning of the book, Lily, a 14-year-old white girl who is living in the South in the 1960’s, accepts segregation without questioning it. By the end, her perspective on life and others changes to reflect a more sophisticated woman. Through characterization, Lily matures as a person because she learns how to face conflicts as an adult and treat people in a grown-up way.

The devastating tragedy of losing a person's mother at an early age can drastically affect that person's life. It can impact the way someone thinks, corresponds with others, and the way someone handles themselves emotionally. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees Lily Owens loses her mother at the early age of four. During Lily's journey she finds comfort and support in the women that she meets. Throughout the novel Lily goes through many changes because of the impact of the motherly figures of the Black Mary, Rosaleen, and the Calendar Sisters.

In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the color blue, a symbol of love, allows Lily to differentiate between people who truly love her. Lily believes that for someone to truly love her, they must know the most trivial detail of her: her favorite color, blue. For example, Lily, in an argument with her father, blatantly asks, “do you know what my favorite color is?”, however, her father responds with,”I know one thing, and that’s I’m going to find you…”. Although one would expect a father to know such fact, Terrence, her father, does not know Lily’s favorite color and does not take the time to even think of the color’s importance. The color blue represents a fatherly and motherly love that Lily obviously lacks; due to her lack

Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees and Rascal Flatts "I'm Movin' On", both adequately demonstrate that a childhood of guilt can result in difficulty forgiving oneself and others. Overcoming inner conflicts as well as finding a place of belonging and contentment is a result that comes with self-forgiveness. The Secret Life of Bees is a story of a young girl named Lily Owens who, throughout the novel, faces immense obstacles. This novel focuses on the blurred memory Lily has of the death of her mother. In the novel, the reader learns that Lily was only a young child during the death of her mother and her emotionally abusive father, T. Ray, often tells her that this death was all her fault. T. Ray implements the idea that Lily was the one to who had accidentally shot her mother with a gun which causes her to grow up living with the guilt and shame of this traumatic event that took a very valuable life from her. As the plot intensifies, Lily and her strong-willed black caretaker, Rosaleen, decide to escape T. Rays sadistic tendencies and abusive behavior. After deciding to run away from T. Ray, Lily soon finds the Boatwright sisters who had a strong connection with Lily's mother before she died. While meeting the Boatwright sisters, Lily says, "I felt like she knew what a lying, murdering, hating person I really was. How I hated T. Ray, and the girls at school, but mostly myself for taking away my mother" (Kidd 71). This quote shows the destructive effect of being blamed

Sue Monk Kidd’s novel “The Secret Life of Bees” sympathized the reader with the use of plot actions, symbolism, metaphors and dialogue that exhibited the only reason behind Deborah’s and Ray’s actions was love and self-protection. The symbolism behind the whale pin and its usage to sympathize Ray’s actions, Deborah’s depression story and repercussion, and Deborah’s reasons to marry Terrence have a compassionate effect on Deborah’s death and Terrence’s suffering.

In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life Of Bees the main theme is the development of the principal character, Lily. Lily is a girl who has lived a very rough childhood; she has killed her mother, and her father abuses her. She has grown without a female role model. She leaves her house with Rosaleen (her stand-in mother) to find answers about her mom. She arrives at the Boatwright sisters house, where they help her find not just answers, but some peace and forgiveness. When Lily gets the answers to all her questions she does not like all of them, but she knows it is better to know the truth than to live in a lie. At the beginning of the novel Lily is really

The Secret Life of Bees delineates an inspirational story in which the community, friendship and faith guide the human spirit to overcome anything. The story follows Lily Owens, a 14 year old girl who desperately wants to discover the cause of her mothers death. Her father T. Ray gives her no answers, which leads their maid, Rosaleen, to act as her guardian. Together, Lily and Rosaleen run away to Tiburon, South Carolina and find a welcoming community. It is in Tiburon that Lily learns many life lessons, including many about herself. In her novel The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd explores a theme of spiritual growth through Lily's search for home as well as a maternal figure.

In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the symbolism of the color blue as Lily uses her favorite color to judge whether a person truly loves her. Lily believes that for someone to truly love her, they must know the most trivial detail of her: the color blue. For example, Lily, in an argument with her father, blatantly asks her father if he knows her favorite color. Although one would expect a father to know such fact, Terrence, her father, does not know Lily’s favorite color and questions why this has such importance. The color blue represents a fatherly and motherly love that Lily obviously lacks; due to her lack of love, Lily decides to run away and to find a new roof. Furthermore, Lily escapes to Tiburon, a place her deceased

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.