Sue Grafton

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva fights through challenges in order to gain a better future. Hope comes Salva’s way in the toughest times. “Even in the midst of his fear, he realized for the first time in the trip, it was good to be the youngest and the smallest: The men would not be interested in his clothes.” (Park, 62). As Salva was lucky to be youngest, he was not stripped of his clothes as the older kids had. He realizes being young has it’s benefits. “Salva! Come

In the book Secret life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd , the main character Lily Owens has two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences that affect the outcome of the story. As the story unfolds, Lily is faced with an abusive dad and a mother who she loves very much. At the young age of four, Lily, still being a child, accidentally shoots and kills her mother during a confrontation. Now, the young child has two huge, impactful life-changing forces to deal with the rest of her life. She

11 year old Salva Dut became orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War, when around 2 million were killed and millions were displaced (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boys_of_Sudan). In A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park, one of the main themes is perseverance. The book is about a young boy who is forced to flee his village, due to a war. He meets a few people along the way, he is faced with very catastrophic events. Throughout the book Salva learns how to deal with challenges. Salva

Imagine living in a world of poverty, not having much water, and food being scarce. Along with that your government is being attacked and you are separated from your family. A Long Walk to Water is a true story, Written by Linda Sue Park. Linda is an American author that writes mostly teen fiction. She has written a total of 9 books including Long Walk to Water. The events that occurred in A Long Walk to Water would be horrifying for anyone. Living in a country during war can be hard for anyone,

The three books, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston were all books that made me think deeper into the importance of not displaying stereotypes, prejudices, and racism. I learned a lot while reading these books. First, that everyone can find their own family feeling, despite having one. In The Secret Life of Bees, Lily doesn’t have a great relationship with her father, and no relationship at all with her

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

racist but at times she is surprised at things that colored people can do such as colored people being smart. At one point in the story when she starts to have feeling for a colored boy she is surprised because she did not think it could happen.I think Sue Monk Kid made the story take place in this specific time and place because he used the fact that Lily had lost her mom when

Many people in their life will feel compassionate towards another person or character in a novel because of their personality, behaviors and actions. In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the protagonist, Lily, has a father referred to as T. Ray. In the beginning of the book, typical readers may label T. Ray as the antagonist because he is described an abusive, cold hearted character. After reading and learning more about his past, T. Ray can eventually be considered a sympathetic character

aspect of Lily Owen’s epic quest. Though her journey is not that of legend, her quest is epic in its own right. Through her own sense of spirituality, Lily is able to overcome all obstacles in her way. Lily Owen’s journey in The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid functions as a literary quest as she struggles to overcome her abusive father, her own guilt, and her anger towards her mother on her journey self-discovery. The most obvious obstacle to Lily’s quest is her father. Physically,

In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, T. Ray is a frustrated and unloving character who makes an enormous impact on Lily’s character by making her feel self-conscious about herself and not worthy of being loved. T. Ray evokes hatred and disappointment in the reader by permitting this abusive and unfair treatment towards Lily. With his rough and furious exterior that is represented by grits on the hat, he is also proven to be filled with grief and hurt by his wife’s leaving and future death