Trade secrets

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…

the Silk Road was more reliable before then traveling today. China was the central source for silk. Silk was a precious luxurious cloth used for clothes, decoration etc. China made Silk from silkworms and China was the only one who grasped this secret. China had about eight billion dollars of…

In Ian Urbina’s article, the connection between passwords utilized by people and how they can hold deep meanings delving into a persons’ emotions, thought processes, personal past experiences, and the very essence of who they are, is explored at length. Urbina runs a study to create his thesis that people primarily utilize “Keepsake” passwords through collecting people’s passwords (either current or past) and why those specific passwords were chosen, as a proof that there is a deep connection…

I remember growing up watching The Secret Garden (1993) over and over again falling in love with the magic that seemed to be there. Taking two miserably selfish children and seeing them transform into laughing loving children and a father finally coming home to his son touched my soul again and again. It would leave me in tears each time and still does today. This adaptation follows closely to the original story The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It only changed in a couple ways that…

perspectives. The aim of this dissection is to divulge the way in which oppression is represented in the novel, and how language and plots are manipulated to shape the picture of oppression. The texts which we are going to be scrutinising today are ‘The Secret River’ and ‘The Flowers’. These two texts communicate with the reader relying on the cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs. Nevertheless, before digging into the novels, let us first study the definition of oppression.…

“You brought us back to life. You did something I thought no one could do. Don’t be afraid. I won’t shut it up again,” as Lord Craven expressed to Mary in the movie The Secret Garden. In this movie, Mary’s parents recently had died from an earthquake, and considering this, she moved from India, to Misselthwaite Manor in England. In truth, Mary was not extremely dejected by the death of her parents. Never taking time to know Mary, they were continually showing her that they didn’t care about…

of the plane crashes conspiracy theorist said to be because of the, “ blue veiny mustang. The airport people have said was stupid to build it when there is one downtown. The people also say that the airport is there for the freemasons and other secret societies like the Illuminati.…

DeShawn Kantse had worked long and hard to save up enough money from his job as a cashier at Wall-mart to visit The Eye Doctor for an eye surgery. He couldn’t believe his eyes when the doctor informed him of the cost of the procedure. He always enjoyed good prices and bargains, like at Wall-mart, so he swore for as long as he was a cashier he would fight the outrageous prices of The Eye Doctor. This is how The Blind Sentry was born. He knew in his heart that he was supposed to fight the…

Imagine a secret organization that could control and manipulate any/every single action in your country’s government and society, it sounds scary, doesn’t it? Although many Historians can argue, the Illuminati’s impact on history is because of its secrecy, political hierarchy and the manipulation of societies past. Historians can argue that this is false because the secrecy of the organization has nothing to do with the changes made in society. The Illuminati was an organization built on the…

A major theme in the novel “The Bees” is an individual’s inherent role in society and their ranking or class-level within that society. This theme can also be seen as an allegory for the different social class distinctions that exist in human society as well as the author’s perspective on the lives of real bees and their possibly social hierarchy and “hive mind” within their hives. The novel follows a young bee named Flora 717, with her name indicating her “kin” or social class level and her…