Secret Life

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. Fourteen year old Lily Owens lives with her cruel father who has piled her with the guilt and responsibility

important part of literature for the modern student. This type of literature is relatable to students throughout the United States, and gives advice through different time periods in American history. The novel The Secret Life of Bees focuses on a young girl by the name of Lily Owens whose life revolves around that fact that she accidently shot her mother when she was only four years old. Lily’s “stand-in-mother” Rosaleen is her only real friend, and when she insults a group of racists when she goes to

Title of Novel: The Secret Life of Bees Author: Sue Monk Kidd Year Written: November 8, 2001 Author’s Nationality: American Type of Novel: Bildungsroman and/or Historical Fiction Setting of Novel: The Secret Life of Bees took place in the 1960s in Sylvan, South Carolina Protagonist: Lily Melissa Owens Antagonist: Terence (T. Ray) Brief Plot Summary: Lily Melissa Owens, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray, who is both neglectful and abusive. Lily has

Secrets are kept and told in everyday life. In literature, a character’s goals can depend on keeping a secret and revealing the secret at the correct time. Sometimes it is best if the secret is never revealed; occasionally, the secret is even kept from the reader. In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily Owens keeps her identity, as well as her house maid, Rosaleen’s identity, a secret from August Boatwright and her sisters, Mary and June. This secret is strategically kept by Lily and

The Secret life of the Brain The PBS special "The Secret Life of the Brain" took us through all different aspects of the brain and its formation through life. These five movies taught us that the brain is plastic and is always changing, cutting unused neurons and filling with different ideas and thoughts that you learn from your environment. The five videos go through the five stages of life; baby, child, teenager, adult and finally the aging brain. The Baby's Brain: Wider than the Sky When you

Prompt Number 3: In this novel, Rosaleen faces social challenges of all kind. She is presented with these challenges for many reasons, most being she is an African American woman in the 1960’s, the time of the Civil Rights Movement. In the Secret Life of Bees when Rosaleen is getting beat up by the men playing cards, it says this, “That was when the dealer lifted the flashlight over his head, then down, smashing it into Rosaleen’s forehead”(Kidd 35). In that time, many white people thought it was

big as the sky, anything is possible. Sue Monk Kidd ,born on August 12,1948, knew that she was born to be a writer. Growing close to her father who wrote and as he shared his stories, Kidd became instantly encouraged and started leaning towards a life in literature. As a teen living in the south, Kidd became influenced by, Henry David Thoreau's work and this only strengthened her love for literature. When Kidd turned thirty years of age she finally found her confidence in writing. Coming in strong

Without it, works would be very boring, predictable and would not be able to draw the reader in. There is usually one main conflict the protagonist faces, whether it is against an evil villain or the evil inside their own self. In the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the courageous protagonist, Lily, struggles with an internal conflict with the guilt of possibly being the cause of her mother's death and the absence of knowledge about her mother. Following a clue left by her mother,

perfect,’ August said from the doorway. ‘There is only life” (Kidd 256). This quote from The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd explains Lily Owens life, a young girl with an unloving father and a mother who abandoned her and was later shot and killed by her own daughter, Lily. Lily has a hard time finding her place in the world and understanding why her life is the way it is. She decides it is time for her to take charge of her own life. She finds herself in Tiburon, South Carolina with her nanny

‘The Secret Life of Bees’ by Sue Monk Kidd is a wonderful and beautifully written story. ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ includes loveable characters that each have their own unique personalities. ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ also includes mystery and love, which makes it enjoyable. Although it’s not realistic, it’s still a really good read because of how the characters grow and develop throughout. Erin Collazo Miller’s book review on ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ is right about all of these things mentioned