In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, the author makes me admire Lily the most. Since the beginning of the novel, she was very loving and curious. When she first saw the huge flock of bees flying above her in her room, her first response wasn’t to swat or kill the bees, but to watch them and try to figure why, how, and where the bees were flying to. She always treated everyone and everything with respect and care. When Rosaleen had just moved in, T. Ray was very abusive, mean, and very cruel to Rosaleen even though she was the one who made sure he had freshly made food and came home to clean house at the end of the day everyday. Lily, however was the complete opposite. When it came to Rosaleen, she looked at her almost as a mother. Rosaleen
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To me, it felt like Lily thought of Rosaleen as a mother to her. In the book, Rosaleen was beaten and arrested for spitting tobacco on the policemen’s shoes. Despite witnessing this, Lily still fought for her and tried her best to make the men stop. When T. Ray showed up, he pulled Lily away and encouraged the men to continue beating her. When Rosaleen was imprisoned, Lily came up with this plan to ultimately break her out so they could leave T. Ray and the racist and unforgivable place in which she lived. They began to walk to Tiburon, South Carolina where they would be able to register to vote and get away from T. Ray. On the walk there, Lily and Rosaleen had a very deep conversation about where she came from and about her life. Later in Tiburon, Lily and Rosaleen find the Boatwright’s house where three sisters lived. August, May, and June Boatwright. When they first were invited in to stay at the house, June was not very fond of Lily and made her living there as hard as possible. Normally, most people would retaliate and fight back on their own, but Lily did not. Lily being the kind person she is, let everything go as they came at her and continued to be as polite and and kind as she could to June, basically killing her with
To me, it felt like Lily thought of Rosaleen as a mother to her. In the book, Rosaleen was beaten and arrested for spitting tobacco on the policemen’s shoes. Despite witnessing this, Lily still fought for her and tried her best to make the men stop. When T. Ray showed up, he pulled Lily away and encouraged the men to continue beating her. When Rosaleen was imprisoned, Lily came up with this plan to ultimately break her out so they could leave T. Ray and the racist and unforgivable place in which she lived. They began to walk to Tiburon, South Carolina where they would be able to register to vote and get away from T. Ray. On the walk there, Lily and Rosaleen had a very deep conversation about where she came from and about her life. Later in Tiburon, Lily and Rosaleen find the Boatwright’s house where three sisters lived. August, May, and June Boatwright. When they first were invited in to stay at the house, June was not very fond of Lily and made her living there as hard as possible. Normally, most people would retaliate and fight back on their own, but Lily did not. Lily being the kind person she is, let everything go as they came at her and continued to be as polite and and kind as she could to June, basically killing her with