In the novel The Secret Life of Bees, the setting changes. In beginning of the novel, the story is set in Sylvan, South Carolina. Then Lily escapes to Tiburon, South Carolina. It is originally set at the Owens peach farm, in Sylvan, South Carolina. Until Lily runs away, and the setting changes to August’s house in Tiburon. The novel takes place in the late 1960s starting in 1964.
The main character of this novel is Lily Owens. She is a 14 year old girl, who lives with her father on a peach farm. When Lily was around 3 years old, she accidentally shot her mother. Now she only has her father, whom Lily calls T. Ray and Rosaleen, a strong, and stubborn African American woman. Later Lily and Rosaleen meet three sisters, August, May …show more content…
She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and trailed down her back. She looked like an African bride”(pg. 67). Is another very important quote. This quote is very important to the character development of August. If this paragraph was not included in the novel The Secret Life of Bees, there would not be any knowledge of what August looked liked. Another important quote is: “A pause followed. I crept closer to the edge of the porch. ‘I just have a feeling about this, June. Something tells me not to send her back to some place she doesn’t want to be. Not yet, at least. She has some reason for leaving. Maybe he mistreated her. I believe we can help her.’ ‘Why don’t you just ask her point-blank what kind of trouble she is in?’ ‘Everything in time,’ August said. ‘The last thing I want is to scare her off with a lot of questions. She’ll tell us when she’s ready. Let’s be patient.’ ‘But she’s white, August’” (pg.87). This passage shows how racism is a present theme, and is not just from whites to blacks, but from blacks to whites. Not to mention this passage mentions that August and June know that Lily is a run
The main character of this novel is Lily Owens. She is a 14 year old girl, who lives with her father on a peach farm. When Lily was around 3 years old, she accidentally shot her mother. Now she only has her father, whom Lily calls T. Ray and Rosaleen, a strong, and stubborn African American woman. Later Lily and Rosaleen meet three sisters, August, May …show more content…
She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and trailed down her back. She looked like an African bride”(pg. 67). Is another very important quote. This quote is very important to the character development of August. If this paragraph was not included in the novel The Secret Life of Bees, there would not be any knowledge of what August looked liked. Another important quote is: “A pause followed. I crept closer to the edge of the porch. ‘I just have a feeling about this, June. Something tells me not to send her back to some place she doesn’t want to be. Not yet, at least. She has some reason for leaving. Maybe he mistreated her. I believe we can help her.’ ‘Why don’t you just ask her point-blank what kind of trouble she is in?’ ‘Everything in time,’ August said. ‘The last thing I want is to scare her off with a lot of questions. She’ll tell us when she’s ready. Let’s be patient.’ ‘But she’s white, August’” (pg.87). This passage shows how racism is a present theme, and is not just from whites to blacks, but from blacks to whites. Not to mention this passage mentions that August and June know that Lily is a run