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The Secret Life Of Bees Sue Monk Kidd



Set in South Carolina during the racist time of 1964 Lilly Owens, a fourteen year-old white girl runs away from her home after breaking Rosaleen, her outspoken black stand in mother, out of jail. When she was little, Lily accidentally shot her mother (or so she is told) and her dad mistreats her, so she needs to get her life back on track. When Rosaleen and Lily narrowly escape some of the most racist men in South Carolina, they go to Tiburian because it is the city written on the back of a picture of a black Mary that belonged to Lily's mother. The two runaways find 3 eccentric sisters-- August, May, and June-- who make a living by beekeeping. After sharing her deepest secrets and learning many important life lessons, Lily is able to get a hold of her life. In the end her father finds her but he makes the best decision for Lily that he has ever made, he lets her go. Lily learns about life, forgiveness, unfairness, and love throughout her journey. Bias they dealt with
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-Rosaleen is treated like a slave; she was beaten and thrown into jail based on her race but even Lily, who loves her dearly, feels in some ways that she is inferior and less of a person. -A white cop tells Lily that she is lowering herself by living in a house with other black women. -Lily and Zach cannot be together because of their race.
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-T-ray doesn't think women should be educated because he views women as inferior to men -Lily doesn't think she will become a writer because she is a woman, not a man.
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-Zach decides to attend an all white school. -Lily is accepted among the daughters of Mary despite the fact she is white, not black.
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<span style="background-color: #7e7ee4; color: #f0efed; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 220%;">Foundations of Bias

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Southern customs have been racist all along-- it wasn't a new idea <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-The racist attitudes and opinions kept getting passed from one generation to the next, with nobody stopping to consider what was right and what was wrong. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Jim Crow laws were in place <span style="background-color: #7e7ee4; color: #f0efed; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 220%;">Author's Attitude
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-equality among races <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-equality among genders <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-an inner strength that everyone has <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-no person is ever unloved
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//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thesis: **// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">No person is perfect; we all make mistakes, and it's important to recognize that we all are going to have regrets. Everyone has a strength within themselves that will help them get through difficult times; this voice will help us to forgive the ones we love most. We all make mistakes, and we all have hard times, and so find this inner strength will help you deal with the obstacles that life brings.


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<span style="background-color: #7e7ee4; color: #f0efed; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 220%;">Character

//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Relating to the Characters: **// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-High-schoolers can relate to Lily because she is a teenage girl <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-We all are going through changes in our life, just like Lily <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Rosaleen experiences discrimination in her life; although there is less discrimination now than there was in the 60's, we still have it in our lives today. Some examples are: poorer people, homosexuals, women, African-Americans, immigrants, and many more minorities. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Every person can relate to loss <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-It's common for children to go through a phase of wanting to run away from home

//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Do we care? **// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Kidd wrote her novel in such a way that you soon begin to love and care about all of the characters in the story. Their circumstances and crises are relatable and realistic**//.//**

<span style="background-color: #7e7ee4; color: #f0efed; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 220%;">Advice / Lesson

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Get through tough times, because brighter times are awaiting you <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-You are never unloved <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-We all have many mothers and teachers <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-Appreciate life, because you never know when it will be taken away from you


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Great work on all of this! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> **