The Secret Life of Bees
By: Sue Monk Kidd.
Sue Monk Kidd.
She wrote:
Traveling With Pomegranates
Secret Life of Bees
The Mermaid Chair
The Dance of a Dissident Daughter
Characters
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Lily Owens
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Rosaleen
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T. Ray Owens
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August Boatwright
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May Boatwright
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June Boatwright
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Zach
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Neil
Protagonist: Lily Owens
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A young fourteen year old girl
who works her hardest to find
the lost roots to her mother.
Finds danger, anguish, and
heartbreak to unlock the
secrets of her past. Lily takes
an adventure to save
Rosaleen’s life and runs into a
rush of her past that her father
didn’t think to mention. Lily
soon finds that she has not one
mother but three incredible
mothers who love and care for
her.
Antagonist: T. Ray Owens
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T. Ray, a man whose heartache
had made him a loose cannon.
T. Ray is a man who doesn’t like
to be the talk of the crowd or
even to talk at all. Even on Lily’s
birthday he chooses to ignore.
When Lily runs away from him
he goes on a crazy journey to
find her. T. Ray goes to take her
away from her sanctuary and
finds that she found love when
her father wouldn’t give it to her.
August Boatwright
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August Boatwright is a very
intelligent woman. She is smart
in ways of knowledge and also in
ways of experience. She is my
favorite character because she is
the one who tells Lily all about
her past and the one she loves
more than anything, her own
mother. August tells her the way
things are even though it might
not be what she wants to hear.
She is so heartwarming she
painted her own house bright
pink because May liked the
color. She is the mother everyone
needs in their life.
Neil
Neil is one of the very few
men who is honest and
kind. Sadly he is my least
favorite character
because he wants June to
marry him but she is to
scared. He gets angry
and doesn’t come back.
She loves him but she is
too scared to marry him.
I think he is that with all
the characters he is the
least I connected to.
Exposition
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The exposition is
introduced when Lilly
helps Rosaleen escape
from the hospital. She
helps her because a
group of men are
angry with her and
want to kill Rosaleen
only because Rosaleen
is black.
Rising Action
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The rising events that
build up to the climax
would include
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Zack’s kidnaping
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Finding her mother had
lived with the
Boatwrights
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May’s death.
Climax
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T-Ray goes and finds Lilly
living with the
Boatwrights. He tries to
take her out the house.
When Lilly tells him that
she doesn’t want to go
with him. The
Boatwrights all come
down and defend her.
Falling Action
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Lilly realizes that she
found love and a family
with a blind look at what
life is about which isn’t
about color. She lives with
August Boatwright and
the rest of the family.
Rosaleen finds a family as
well.
Resolution
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With all the ends of
hurt and frustration we
find all these beautiful
women come together
in love and struggle.
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These women’s struggle
in life doesn’t end here
but together they can
overcome in struggle.
Setting/ Time Period
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The time period is during 1964
when the civil rights movement
was underway.
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The setting is in South Carolina
which is very important in the
book because it has many
important events in the book that
is appropriate for the time period.
Themes
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Love.
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Racism.
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Coming to Age.
Rating
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I Rate this a 10!
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The whole story was interesting
and full of Ethos, Pathos, and
Logos to keep me interested and
made me connected to the
characters. I would recommend
this to everyone.
Racism in the 1960’s
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb60WfuSFgg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBPeCQzHu5w