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Before the invention of manual printing, all books had to be handwritten. During the Middles Ages, the Monks had created the Illuminated Manuscript. This practice occurred roughly between, 1000 to 13000 C.E. The Monks were able to produce such beautiful illuminated manuscripts of rare document to keep the past alive. The Illuminated manuscript reached all people spreading religious ideas and for other Biblical (Catholic) purposes. Illuminated manuscripts were an important tradition within…

In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the time period is set when the Civil Rights Act was just put into place. This time period affects the way Lily views, racism and her opinions on segregation and inequality. This novel discusses real world problems that happened back in the '60s and are even occurring to this day. Lily Owens lived at a peach farm in North Carolina with her abusive father and black housekeeper Rosaleen. When Rosaleen gets arrested and the abuse is getting…

Knowing their peculiar friendship may spark a dangerous situation in their conservative family and hometown, they continue to remain closely bonded with great respect towards own another. Although the girls are born a different race and background, Sue Monk Kidd writes about how astonishing similarly and different they are in their own unique ways. Handful has worked for the Grimké family almost all her life as Sarah’s personal servant and seamstress. As any…

the United States such as cities in South Carolina in the 1960’s during a time as the Civil Rights Movement had such an impact on some people and it being such a hard time with racism and lots of prejudice situations. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd shows Lily’s coming of age and how she grows up with all of the experiences she is faced with. Lily Owens had lived in Sylvan, South Carolina with her Father T Ray and caretaker Rosaleen. Lily’s upbringing was troubled her father had…

One of the best novels I have read in awhile is the Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd which shows the epitome of women empowerment and overcoming the patriarchy system.As the book takes place in South Carolina 1964 ,a time where women had very little say in what they could do in life, takes place with fourteen year old Lily Owens who struggles with the loss of her mother and with the initial theme of forgiveness through woman vs self in overcoming the challenge of her guilt for accidentally…

The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World, written by Stephen Nichols, is a book to inform the reader about the Catholic Reformation. This book was not exactly intriguing, and did not appeal to the reader at most times. Martin Luther, a monk, used his mallet to attach his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, hence the title of the book. The strokes of his mallet echoed all throughout the continent, and along with other reformers, his 95 theses would greatly…

Each chapter of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees begins with an epigraph, a few lines taken from various books about bees. These are used for many reasons; to connect each chapter with the major motif of bees, to provide insights in to the events of each chapter, and to accentuate the ideas about women and mothers that resonate throughout the entire story. Chapter four begins by saying that “’Honeybees are social insects and live in colonies. Each colony is a family unit, comprising a…

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 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…

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, demonstrates the primary character flourish throughout the novel and face realities in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement. A fourteen-year-old girl named Lily Owens born on a peach farm in Sylvan, South Carolina, lives with an abusive father, T. Ray. When Lily’s mother died, her black nanny, Rosaleen, took on the role as her fill in mother. On Rosaleen’s way to obtain her voters card she is sentenced to imprisonment. After T. Ray had mentioned…