Lily after hearing this was heartbroken because she knew her parents love had worn away and the only reason they were together was because Deborah was pregnant with her. Lily had already showed how tough she is and this although made her very upset was something that Lily would take as a lesson later in life. " Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do." "Like what?" I said.…
She replied,“ ‘ the first day you showed up, I took one look at you and all I could see was Deborah when she was your age, ’ ” (Kidd 236). Lily eventually figures out that T. Ray was right and that her mother did leave her, even though she traveled back home to bring Lily back to the pink house. But, before she could she got shot and killed accidentally by Lily. T. Ray finds Lily and tries to take her back to Sylvan with him, but he lets her stay with the sisters instead.…
Throughout the novel, these literary devices identify the women’s inner struggles, their demons that they constantly live with. For Lily it is her insecurity, May deals with her inability to cope with suffering, and Deborah suffered from depression. In Sue Monk Kidd’s, The Secret Life of Bees, the author indirectly characterizes Lily as insecure to display Lily's longing to fit in, especially when it comes to femininity. For example, this insecurity is revealed when Lily looks at a picture of her deceased mother, Deborah.…
When he knew that Deborah didn't love him anymore he tried everything to change her mind but he was to late. T-Ray abused Lily profusely because of the hatred that was wound up tight within him and Lily could no longer take it. Throughout her time with August and her sisters, Lily had come to know forgiveness and welcomed it. Although it was hard for Lily to accept what her father had done to her she forgave him. After learning how her mother had left her to stay with August Lily had become angry and upset and could never forgive her.…
“Let T. Ray love me” (Kidd 164). Lily just wants love, especially from her father. T. Ray doesn't care much about Lily, and doesn't pay attention to her unless she does something wrong. Lily has grown into a strong young lady with the help of August Boatwright and the Calendar sisters. “‘We're going home,’ he said.…
In Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees, Kidd communicates the bold, yet partially childish, personality of a certain character, Rosaleen, with indirect characterization. Throughout the novel, circumstances supportive of this analysis are frequently evident frequently evident, largely due to Rosaleen’s major role as the one accompanying Lily. “When we’d cut through the parsonage yard and were back on the highway, Rosaleen produced two church fans from the bosom of her dress, and, doing an impersonation of me gazing up sweet-faced, she said, ‘Oh, Brother Gerald, she was just kidding’” (31). In the provided text, Rosaleen’s personality stands out through her actions and responses, particularly after Brother Gerald had denied their request…
She is willing to give up a life of happiness and love for the more superficial aspects of a relationship. Due to the fact that Lily is aware of her own declining status, her story…
Lily learns about her mother and how the day her mother died, she was coming to get her to take her to the Boatright’s home. The feeling of abandonment and unlovable go away and is able to forgive herself for the tragic accident. Since being in Tiburon, South Carolina and staying with the Boatrights, Lily has…
Ask yourself what has your mother done for you in your life. Lily's mother didn't teach her much while she was alive and causes her much anguish. But the life lessons Lily will learn as an effect of her mother's death will really shape her into who she is today. The abandonment that Lily felt causes her to look for a motherly figure in her life. The abandonment feeling in Lily causes her to feel a lot of anger towards her mother.…
When she meets August and gets to know her it shocks Lily that a person of color is so smart and cultured. After staying with the Boatwrights she gets to know and love August and May. June on the other hand she had a hard time getting to know. June has a very hard shell to break she doesn't try to get to know Lily so Lily didn’t try to get to know her. One night when Lily gets up to go to the bathroom she overhears August and June talking about her. When June makes a comment about Lily's race Lily is shocked and thinks to herself, “This was a great revelation-not that I was…
Loneliness is another unpleasant thing existing in this world that Kidd depicts in her novel, and throughout her work, she shows that this kind of awfulness can also be dealt with using positive actions. In the exposition, she makes it apparent that loneliness plays a huge role in the protagonist’s life. When Kidd depicts Lily’s life in the beginning, she informs her audience that Lily’s mother, Deborah, is dead, she has no friends besides her caretaker, Rosaleen, and she is in “misery [from] living with T.Ray (3),” her cruel father. Based on all of these facts, it is clear that Lily is a forlorn child and is feeling empty inside. However, as the story progresses, Kidd illustrates how the positive actions of the calendar sisters help Lily escape…
In the novel Secret Life of Bees, the bee represents the mother figure. As the story progresses the bee goes from representing Lily’s mother to August who takes care of Lily, but ultimately it illustrates a caring “mother” who is affectionate and tends to Lily like her own. Throughout the novel Lily longs for a person in her life to take care of her and do all the things mothers do. From the beginning of the novel she says how you could tell at school which kids had moms and which did not. Lily surmises that, “You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair.…
She needs to escape from the bad environment and move to a place that she needs as a teenage girl. Lily decides to move to Tiburon and drag Rosaleen with her. She decides to move to a better environment for herself and her decision causes her to change. Lily now has a sturdy mentality and believes in her abilities to write and her own beauty.…
After that happened, it seemed as if she had lost her humanity with the guilt that appeared. She had gone back up to the house to check on her child and when she did, she was worrying about confederate, Vaughn, and if he had told anyone where he was going. “As Lily ate, she wondered if the Confederate had told anyone in Boone where he was headed. Maybe, but probably he wouldn’t have said which particular farm, wouldn’t have known himself which one until he found something to take” (Rash 203). She then, planned on planting tomato’s and squash and went on with her life as if nothing had…
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem When August was telling Lily about May she said, “Everything just comes to her- all the suffering out there- and she feels as if it’s happening to her” (Kidd 95). The Secret Life of Bees is a story about a girl named Lily who runs away from home to find a family called the Boatwright’s. They are cultured woman who are like mothers to Lily.…