The Secret Life Of Bees Short Story

Lily killed her mother when she was four years old. This may seem like an odd way to start an essay, rather than explaining some background of the story first hand, but I’ll get there. Lily’s mother and father used to be madly in love. Then as time went on, they grew farther and farther apart. Deborah, Lily’s mother left her and T. Ray (Lily’s father) suddenly one day. She was gone for quite a while before returning for Lily (age four). Deborah came back for Lily and some clothing items. She was trying to hurry and get out of the house as soon as possible, because she didn’t want T. ray coming home to find her and Lily leaving him. She thought he wasn’t around or at the house, but he was. Lily was hiding in her mother’s closet playing with dresses and shoes, like any four year old would, and T. Ray darted into the room and was physically fighting with Deborah. She reached for her gun, and it fell out of her hands and onto the floor, right next to where Lily was sitting. So, Lily being the curious little four year old that she …show more content…
When May found out about Zach, she couldn’t move or talk or do anything for a little while. None of the girls had ever seen her in such a depressed state of mind before, not even with a horrible memory of April. When the girls came in to check on may, she was gone. She didn’t leave a note or anything saying where she was going. The girls got very worried that something bad happened to her. August, Lily, and Rosaleen looked next to the creek where May would come to be by herself sometimes. Lily looked down at the creek and saw a hand floating. Then she saw the rest if the body fully submerged in the water. It was devastating to everyone. For a while everyone grieved in their own way. After May’s funeral, everyone started to realize the happy time they had with May, and all of the good memories. And they all raised Lily like their own child, appreciating life more, as a