Book Report On The Secret Life Of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd alludes to the separation of black musical culture from white culture in her novel, The Secret Life of Bees, when comparing Elvis and Fats Domino to Miles Davis. This allusion helps clarify Lily’s provincial views and her limited knowledge of black culture. Although she tries to relate her understanding of music to Zach’s, Lily must realize that they share little in common in that field.

In society today there are still forms of segregation prevalent to the eye. Whether it’s in workplaces, schools, etc. it is still seen today. Of course, sometimes no one means to self- segregate himself or herself, sometimes it may even be subconscious. It is not intended to be mean spirited or subjective to anyone, it simply just happens. Even though people may not realize it within themselves, people still hold on to racist beliefs.

"New beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants." (57) This quote is at the beginning of chapter three and not only foreshadows many things to come, but within the quote, two of the novel’s main metaphors are mentioned, bees and the queen, which is referring to society and a mother figure. Although this quote is largely interpreted as a metaphor for Lily looking for a new queen or mother figure, and perhaps August being that mother, I believe that it has another meaning as well. I believe that the Black Madonna also serves as a “queen” and mother figure to all the women in “The Secret Life of Bees.”

Not to long ago I read a book called the Secret Life of Bees and it has some parallels with some events that take place during the Jim Crow period of American history (1960’s) and what is happening today in world. Sue Monk Kidd placed the Secret life of Bees in the 1960’s since that was the ending of the Jim Crow era of America. For those who don’t know what the Jim Crow period was it was the time not long after the Civil War ended and the Blacks had their freedom til the Civil Rights Act was passed. This is important to the story line since The Secret Life of Bees take place after the Civil Rights Act was passed. Why is Jim Crow important to the story? One of the main characters Rosaleen early in the story is going to sign up to vote since

This page is from the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. It is about one of the characters named May who commits suicide. Ever since the beginning, May is depicted as being a special kind of person. She used to have a twin named April who she could feel psychic connections with, but when April commits suicide as a teenager, May’s whole world changes, and this psychic connection with April turns into a psychic connection with the world. She starts to feel all the pain that the world feels.

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. To hide his heart-break and depression, he lashes out on Lily to build himself up.

Imagine you have to live the rest of your life knowing that you killed your own mother. That's exactly what Lily Owens has to live with for the rest of her life. In the story “The Secret Life Of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily was only four years old, her parents were fighting and her mother Debroah dropped her gun and Lily picked it up and shot it. Shortly after the accident, Lily’s father hired a nanny to do the chores and look after Lily. When she turned 14, she and Rosaleen ran away to look for any evidence of her mother because her father lied to her about what happened to her.

Sue Monk Kidd portrays the time and place in the Secret Life of Bees by displaying Rosaleen working in the peach farms, then taken in to work in the house, giving the task of a housekeeper and Lily's nanny. Around ten years after, Lily turning 14, Rosaleen learns how to read and write her own name in order to turn in her ballot voting for J.F. Kennedy. Attempting to vote, Rosaleen and Lily were ambushed by a trio of white racists men, resulting in physical abuse of Rosaleen.When the police arrived, the white civilians claimed assault against Rosaleen, who is taken into jail charged with assault, theft(of a “church fan”), and abuse. Lily, caught up in between, also ended up in jail, to be later bailed out by her furious father. Determined, Lily breaks Rosaleen out of jail after finding out just how much Frank [he assaulted Rosaleen in jail so crudely that she had to go to the hospital] despised African Americans and fled to Tiburon, searching for clues about her mother Debera Owens. While finding shelter in a home with August, sister of May and June, May passes away. When the police questioned Lily's decision of staying with "colored people," he claimed that she didn't have

Sue monk kidd wrote a book called secret life of bees published on november 8, 2001 . The book was about a girl named lily and how she wants to know more about her mom and wants to run from her father T. ray. In the book their is a well developed character named June boatwright. June was going to have a wedding and her fiance left her at the alter. August , sister of June took care of a little girl named Debra Owens during the time of segregation. Since june was born during this dark time I believe that she distrusted every white person that she didn't know because most were racist during this time. Due to the segregation and the distrust she had it was hard for her to trust white people like debras daughter lily and for her to gain confidence to marry again.

The book that I am reading is called "The Birds and The Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. I think the book is good so far. But also sad to read. I think this because her father won't let her do anything she wants. She can't have sleepovers, can't hang with friends, or even go to the store and get a nice top and pants. Her father is always mean to her.

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a book discussing the internal strife of a young white girl, in a very racist 1960’s south. The main character, Lily Owens, faces many problems she must overcome, including her personal dilemma of killing her own mother in an accident. Sue Monk Kidd accurately displays the irrationality of racism in the South during mid- 1960's not only by using beautiful language, but very thoroughly developed plot and character development. Kidd shows the irrationality of racism through the characters in her book, The Secret Life of Bees and shows that even during that time period, some unique people, were able to see beyond the heavy curtain of racism that separated people from each

Take a moment to consider the state of the world. With the ongoing world conflicts, social injustice, or the empathy that every person lacks, can a person ever achieve true peace? “The Secret Life of Bees” written by Sue Monk Kidd follows a young girl named Lily who embarks on a journey of self discovery and the search for answers to her mother’s life. She shows up on the doorstep of the Boatright sisters house, desperate for answers. With the acceptance of the past comes peace with the present.

To be accepted means "The action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group”(Oxford Languages). In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, acceptance is a significant theme as we see Lily change and discover herself through acceptance. The acceptance we feel determines so many aspects of our life, from our happiness to the love and the people we surround ourselves with, which is why I believe we should experience acceptance. Having acceptance can help us feel happiness. “Saw your girl in the peach stand reading up a storm.

Nature is all around us, everywhere we go. Nature is not only the trees and the grass, it is the birds, the river, the sun and the stars.This project consists of hard work and creativity while taking time and effort to find pages from two stories to make a poem and visual. to connect to the theme of Nature. The pages I chose were chapter 1 in Emerson's Nature and pages 79 and 80 from Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees to connect the theme of nature.

I think that you should read The Secret Life of Bees! It was an interesting book that really showed me how fortunate I am to be living where I am, and have people who care about me. What was really interesting in this book was seeing how quickly someone's life can change forever. At first, the book was very confusing and also did not have much action, but the action picked up after a while and the book made much more sense. In some parts the book was very emotional when things were not getting better and were not looking good.