Burt's Bees

Darkwinter saw Emeraldblossom stop and look towards her best friend, who also happened to be their stepsister, Sandblossom. Sandblossom was pinned by a large DragonClan cat and he was slowly raking his claws down her belly. If we don’t save her, she’ll die! But we have to stop Hawkspots! Darkwinter frantically looked at her sister, who was already tearing across the slick, wet, battlefield towards Sandblossom. “Emeraldblossom! No! I can’t fight Hawkspots on my own! You’ll never get there in…

Themes are universal ideas that are explored in literature. Although written in different time periods and in different styles, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees share the common theme of love – love of all kinds – the love of people, the love of community, or even the love of ideas. People of all generations and people of all ages deal with the universal idea of love: finding love, the loss of love, the love of…

In Rosalind Wiseman’s essay “Queen Bee and Her Court”, she specified various roles played in social cliques. In the essay, she states “cliques are sophisticated, complex, and multilayered, and every girl has a role within them.” This demonstrates that although it may seem cliques are very simple, they are actually very conglomerate. In social cliques there are positive and negative roles that a person can have. The sidekick is a negative role; whereas, the floater is a positive role. There are…

Bees play an important role in Lily’s life,they guide Lily, accompany her, and drive her forward. For every important action Lily takes in the novel, bees and their products play a role: from realizing she is in love with Zach (when she licks honey off his finger) to realizing she loves August (when she lets the bees rest on her body), showing that she trusts him. The epigrams at the beginning of each chapter concern bees; the bees in Lily's room reach out to her and show her she must leave; and…

The Pursuit of Love People often don’t appreciate family and the love and support it offers. Lily Owens, one of Sue Monk Kidd's characters in the Secret Life of Bees, wishes she had the opportunity to be loved and supported by a family. The author writes a heart tugging tale about Lily’s quest to find herself and the way her life is changed by this adventure. Lily learns confidence and forgiveness as well as taking charge of her future during her journey to Tiburon. There she finds the love of a…

How Many Themes Does The Author Use? Many! In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, Written by Sue Monk Kidd, the author tries to thoroughly convey many themes towards the readers of the book. In this book, the author Sue Monk Kidd goes in depth on the irrationality of racism, and how many people think that people of colour are vicious, or just useless human beings without a purpose, without actually giving any thought about it, and just saying whatever pops into their heads. The author goes into…

Typed Revision 1 Ruthless and greedy are just two of the many words that could describe the two fathers from the book, Secret Life of Bees written by Sue Monk Kidd, and the song, “Oh Father” sung by Madonna. Lily, the protagonist of the book, is a thirteen year old girl living a life of abuse and torture. Lily lost her mother when she was very young and since then Lily has wanted to know more about her mother, Deborah. Similarly, the girl in “Oh Father” lost her mother and is mistreated, as…

Many people change throughout the course of their life, including their perspective, opinions, and beliefs. The Secret Life of Bees, written by Sue Monk Kidd, includes characters that go through this transformation. The story tells of a fourteen-year-old girl named Lily, who is raised by her abusive and brutal father T-Ray. One day she worked up enough courage and confidence to leave home, taking her nanny Rosaleen along on her journey. She travels to Tiburon, South Carolina looking for answers…

When looking through book titles, somehow people’s eyes just jump to a specific title without any rhyme or reason. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd was the title that jumped out at me. I knew that there is no way that the book is actually about the lives of bees. I wanted to find out what it really meant. I read that it was set in South Carolina and was about a 14 year-old girl named Lily. So I thought that I could comprehend it easily from a voice of a girl around my age. I could relate…

The Secret Life of Bees is an intense novel following the life of a young girl named Lily Owens. The suspenseful events throughout push the story to a dramatic yet expected ending. It includes a series of important characters, symbols and motifs, themes, and conflicts. Lily Owens is the protagonist and narrator of the novel. She lives a troubled life but views it blindly as decent living. She lost her mother at a young age and she now lives with her father, T. Ray, and nanny, Rosaleen. Lily…