Sue Grafton

Sue Monk Kidd’s Secret Life of Bees is a story of ultimate tragedy that comes crashing down on young protagonist Lily’s life. From a young age Lily has dealt with the immeasurable weight of accidentally killing her mother, and an abusive father, who’s anger from his wife’s death is directed towards his daughter. In the novel, Lily learns lessons ranging from coming of age, to dealing with grief from the tragedies she experiences. Ultimately Lily discovers that in order to forgive oneself, one has

In the novel, A Long Walk to Water, the author teaches us about the effects of the war in Sudan, both physically and mentally. The rebels striked all of the people into a state of intimidation, due to how they abide by them for the most part. And if somebody does step out of line, they use violent tactics according to page 12 when the man was hid in the face with the but of a gun from the rebel. Another example of the intimidation was with the woman in chapter 3, she did seem to want to take Salva

Acceptance is an important thing in life,. In Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk To Water, the main character’s story is based on his life in the past, Salva Dut. For Salva acceptance gets him through a lot. When he was 11 years old, a war broke out in his country causing him to run away from home becoming a refugee with no family. The heat and lack of water in Sudan didn’t help Salva survive at all, but acceptance did. In this book Salva’s group left him, he lost his uncle, and he gets a new family

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva realizes that he should never give up. Salva knew that he has to be confident and he needs to overcome obstacles. Sometimes Salva would think to himself. “There is no one left to help me. They think I am weak and useless. Salva lifted his head proudly. They are wrong and I will prove it.” (Park,66) Everyone thinks that since he is a kid, he is weak and useless. They think that he can’t do the things they do. Salva doesn’t believe that and

Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk To Water is about the story of Salva, he is one of thousands of boys trying to escape the civil war going in their country in the 1980’s also known as The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys had to travel country to country to escape the horrible Second Sudanese Civil war. Salva survived despite starving, dying of dehydration, getting shot, forced into the war, be eaten alive by lions or crocodiles, or going insane from fear because of his persistence, luck, and the people

truth about her mother, but with a few changes, Lily’s mom will not die, the setting will be in the north and Lily’s mom’s death will be distinctly different which will cause the plot of the story to change. In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, there are many events that could have been changed to increase the interest level of the plot. Deborah was supposedly killed by her daughter, Lily. T. Ray, her husband, told Lily she was the one who killed Deborah. The day her mother was

loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live.” This quote from Norman Cousins speaks to the truth about what Lily experiences and how she lives her life with the burden of killing her Mom. In the novel Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Lily goes through hardship of killing her mother and the absences of love. It is not till she receives her Mother belongings that she truly changes and experiences this coming of age moment. This is shown through a change of behavior , the

The book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park gives a fascinating story of a real life personal journey. Slava, the main character, was born and for 11 years raised in Sudan in 1985 during the civil war. Slava was a member of a successful family, Slava’s father was the village judge and owned many cattle. Slava was able to go to school, that was not common in Sudan. Slava was at school , his village was under attack and he needed to leave to get safety behind a bush so he would not be hurt , Slava

A young eleven-year-old boy named Salva finds himself in a difficult situation during the Sudanese Civil war in 1985. To keep surviving he must continue traveling to safe places by foot. In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a young boy named Salva lived in South Sudan where there was a war called the Sudanese civil war in 1985. He walked distances to camps to find a safe place to survive. Salva survives during the war. He faced some difficult challenges such as walking, hotness, and

“My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mom left us one April morning” (Creech 3).Sal went through tough times. In the book, Walk Two Moons, By Sharon Creech, Sal the main character, goes through tough times when her mother disappears, When she moves to ohio, and when she leaves Bybanks. Sal’s view of Bybanks, Kentucky is important to sal because she made a lot of memories there. My first piece of evidence is, “I’m a country