The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, demonstrates the primary character flourish throughout the novel and face realities in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement. A fourteen-year-old girl named Lily Owens born on a peach farm in Sylvan, South Carolina, lives with an abusive father, T. Ray. When Lily’s mother died, her black nanny, Rosaleen, took on the role as her fill in mother. On Rosaleen’s way to obtain her voters card she is sentenced to imprisonment. After T. Ray had mentioned information about Lily’s mother, Deborah. She feels the need to find out more information about her deceased mother. As a result, she ran away from home to find out about what really happened to her mother. Along the way she brakes Rosaleen out of jail. Following
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Lily was taught this prejudice by T. Ray and society. An example is Lily treats Rosaleen as if she is subordinate, talking for her and making decisions about what they are going to do. Her opinion of Rosaleen changes after staying in the Boatwright’s house. Lily stayed in a house owned by black women and had a moment of self realization, “Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me” (Kidd 78). This quote explains that Lily realized she is prejudice when she had made an assumption that colored people couldn’t be as wise as her but August changed her opinion. Having made this realization, she understands the Boatwright’s and Rosaleen are equal and doesn’t think of them being subordinate. Losing her prejudice is one of the many changes for Lily, another one is her gaining
Lily was taught this prejudice by T. Ray and society. An example is Lily treats Rosaleen as if she is subordinate, talking for her and making decisions about what they are going to do. Her opinion of Rosaleen changes after staying in the Boatwright’s house. Lily stayed in a house owned by black women and had a moment of self realization, “Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me” (Kidd 78). This quote explains that Lily realized she is prejudice when she had made an assumption that colored people couldn’t be as wise as her but August changed her opinion. Having made this realization, she understands the Boatwright’s and Rosaleen are equal and doesn’t think of them being subordinate. Losing her prejudice is one of the many changes for Lily, another one is her gaining