Essay Bees

pieces that don’t have a determined shape. The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd is a book about this searching. The main character, a teenage girl, is going through this time when she is trying to find out who she is. In The Secret Life of Bees, this girl, Lily Owens, is living unhappily. Her mother was killed when she was very young, and her father is cruel. Lily decided she had had enough and runs away. The Secret Life of Bees is a story about a girl who is finding herself, finding out who

Rosaleen’s Character in The Secret Life of Bees There are many important characters in The Secret Life of Bees that help Lily on her journey to find out about her mother. “Side characters” such as Zach, August, May, June, and Rosaleen, all help Lily to grow and change and to learn more about her past and her mother's past. Rosaleen is an important character in the story, she acts in as Lily’s stand-in mother before she runs away with Rosaleen to Tiburon. At Tiburon she stays with Lily in the honey

In the story, The Secret Life of Bees, the theme, power of motherhood shows up often. It is one of the key themes that make this story unique and heartwarming. After Lily’s mom was murdered, one of their servants, who goes by the name of Rosaleen, stepped in to be Lily’s caretaker. The two of them became very close and Lily needed that mother figure in her life. Lily found some of her mother’s old things in her attic and in it was a picture of a Black Mary. Lily would examine these pictures and wonder

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a book about a girl named Lily and the troubles she faces. The story takes place in the 1960’s and during that time period there was a lot of racism and segregation going on especially in the southern part of the United States. This book does a great job of portraying the conflicts each of the characters go through. The three main conflicts are Man versus Man, Man versus himself, and Man versus society. One of the very first conflicts introduced in

According to Lily “People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know anything about life.” (2) The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd is a coming-of-age written novel. Sue Monk Kidd also wrote other books such as, the Mermaid Chair, and the Invention of wings. This novel took place in 1964, in South Carolina in two towns called, Sylvan and Tiburon, during the civil rights movement. The protagonist and narrator of this novel is Lily Owens, she is 14 and is rejected by her parents. T. Ray Owens

Make a comment- In the final chapters of The Secret Life of Bees, Lily and many people in the Boatwright household have seemed to making changes for the better. June and Neil finally plan their wedding, Rosaleen registers to vote, and Zach is going to a white high school in the fall. Lily especially is able to make one change that could possibly change her life forever. One afternoon, when Lily was in the house alone, a loud banging interrupted the silence. As Lily expected this was going to happen

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a novel about a young girl named Lily Owens who comes of age caused by many difficulties and obstacles in her life, such as living with the constant reminder that she killed her own mother. Throughout the novel there are many examples of racism, but she learns to overcome that and see everyone equally. What attracted me to the novel was the plot of the story and the conflict between Lily and her father. What kept me engaged were the many conflicts that

The Secret Life of Bees takes place in 1964 South Carolina, and is shown through the perspective of a fourteen year old girl named Lily owens. In the book you read about segregation, grief, guilt, self-doubt, abuse, love, and forgiveness. A conflict in The Secret Life of Bees is Lily overcoming the past, and forgiving her mother along with herself. Lily holds back a lot of unexpressed emotions growing up due to an accident in the past that she barely remembers. At the age of four Lily had accidentally

If I were to recommend one of the books that I read this summer to a friend, it would be The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. This book is not just about one girl’s journey about rising above her abusive father and standing up for herself, but it proves that family is not determined by blood. Although her father is the only family she has following her mother’s death, she can’t even bear the thought of calling him “daddy.” Her only friend is Rosalyn, the black maid, who takes on the role of

The Secret Life of Bees, written by Sue Monk Kidd, is a bildungsroman novel about an adolescent girl and her maturation throughout her fourteenth summer. The novel takes place in the 1960s while the Civil Rights Act is still fairly new to people. Throughout the novel, protagonist Lily Owens struggles as she tries to find her way through obstacles thrown at her. As Lily experiences different events, good and bad, she matures and grows as an individual. Having grown up around a black woman in this