In more than one way, Lily and Zach’s relationship resembles the Loving’s. The Loving’s were an interracial couple, that were told they couldn’t be together because of this reason. In “The Secret Life of Bees”, Lily is falling for a boy named Zach. There’s only one problem…. Zach isn’t like the boys that Lily “should” be falling in love with… Zach is African American. Lily knows this, but isn’t sure what to do, because of her predicament. She doesn’t know how to explain it. I know this because the text states, “It was foolish to think some things were beyond happening, even being attracted to Negroes. I’d honestly thought such a thing couldn’t happen, the way water could not run uphill or salt could not taste sweet. A law of nature. Maybe it
