Little Bees Identity Analysis

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Struggling with one's identity has been around for years and no one really saw how hard it would take someone to get back to where they were with all the standards and judgement. In the article we see that the writer lorenz Sell talks about what it would be if someone lost their identity and all the things they used to do. Sell showed us many examples of her losing her identity even though she had all the things and the social life she wanted, she always asked herself what would happen if all that was gone who would i be? Identity was a huge part of Little Bee, it showed us the character growth and it give the reader some kind of way to feel emotion throughout the novel. As we saw in Little Bees Perspective her struggle to find her true identity

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