Mr. Valerio The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is a fascinating story of a girl who learns much about herself and what she wants after visiting a house in Tiburon‚ South Carolina. Lily Owens starts out living with her father T.Ray. She shapes her life around the day her mother died; she blames herself for killing her mother. Ever since that day her father has treated her with tremendous
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comprehension of a story is largely dependent on the inclusion of accounts from the author ’s own life and experiences. In Sue Monk Kidd ’s The Secret Life of Bees‚ David Guterson ’s Snow Falling on Cedars‚ and Jhumpa Lahiri ’s Interpreter of Maladies‚ diaspora makes it difficult for the characters to assimilate to the new customs and moral convictions of each new environment. In her novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ Sue Monk Kidd uses her own childhood to mold the story of her main character‚ Lily. The
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between Lily and Rosaleen in the course of the novel. Sue Monk Kidd uses Rosaleen as a stand-in mother of Lily to change her from a girl to a woman‚ and also to adapt her to the environment that is to come. Continuing the entire way through The Secret Life of Bees is her maternal and womanly impact on Lily‚ and the bond between the unlikely pair is shown throughout the serious and fun events during the story becoming much stronger. Rosaleen‚ a strong female character‚ acts as a stand-in mother to Lily
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Fulfillment of the Hero’s journey The classic story line of the hero’s journey can be recognized in almost every book‚ movie‚ or short story written. Even in some stories that would not be that obvious‚ such as the historical fiction novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Although not very recognizable two out of the three main stages of the hero’s journey are departure and initiation. These are apparent through out Lily’s journey to find herself and her mother’s history. The third main stage
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In the books The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ each author portrays how the life of the main character is changed after the loss of a close family member. Lily‚ the main character in The Secret Life of Bees‚ lost her mother at the young age of four. In an gun accident‚ Lily shoots her own mother. To seek closure and forgiveness of her mother’s death‚ she runs off with her caretaker to find out more about her mom. Holden‚ the main character in Catcher
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Many individuals have a philosophy of life‚ but Lily Owen’s is unique. Throughout The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ Lily Owens develops her philosophy of life. At the opening of the novel‚ she is an innocent girl whose nightmares become a reality the next day. Once she has the truth of her mother’s death imprinted into her head‚ everything Lily considers correct is proven wrong. After running away from the jailhouse with Rosaleen‚ she struggles with a drastic change in age‚ from an innocent
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Mothers The novel is a story about the powerful‚ magnetic pull of children to their mothers. From the very first chapter‚ Lily is looking for her mother — or at least to know her mother. Throughout the story‚ she discovers surrogate mothers‚ and finally reconnects with her own mother’s story. Her first yearning‚ however‚ is for her real mother‚ Deborah. When Lily finds her mother’s things‚ she makes up all kinds of stories about what her mother would have been like. Lily harbors romantic ideas
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English 111: 9 th Grade Advanced Summer Reading Guide (2015) Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Please print this packet and write the answers to the questions on this first page directly on the paper. Type the answers to the study questions. Bring the completed packet on the first day of class for a homework grade. After receiving instructions in class‚ you will also submit your answers to these questions to Turn It In. What is your name? Marisa Whitfield How many books did you read in the
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make us who we are. I have chosen to explore the theme ‘Memories and the past can affect the future’. This theme is evident in the novels The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ Before You by Amber Hart and If I Stay by Gayle Forman. It is also apparent in the film The Time Traveller’s Wife directed by Robert Schwentke. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees‚ Lily the protagonist is a young girl growing up with an abusive father and a harsh environment. Lily wants to escape the reality that T-Ray
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“I thought about August’s words. People can start out one way‚ and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different” (Kidd‚ 293). Although it may seem as if this quote has a negative viewpoint‚ in relation to Lily‚ it represents how her life took a turn for the better and how she developed on the knowledge she obtained. In the novel ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ Lily’s decision to leave her home allowed her to learn and grow. To begin‚ Lily learns that she can care for yourself
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