Secret Life of Bees
Brandon Valery
Ms. Clancy
3-18-13
The Exceptionally Significant Importance of Stories Stories have an extremely important effect on the lives and the characters in the novel entitled, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid. This book is about a young 14 year old girl named Lily Owens. She has to go through life knowing that she killed her mother and that her father loathes her. She runs away form home and breaks her friend Rosaleen out of the hospital. They finally find a home, based on the clues that Lily’s mother left behind, and moves in with a family that accepts her for who she is rather than what she has to do, she can express her individuality. She gets a different look at the world and can see how stories, discrimination and family dynamics are important and valued differently. The stories in this book have three major functions in setting the stage for a good novel. They are: stories can be interpreted in many ways, stories can help people escape reality, and stories can have a lasting impact. What makes a good story interesting is that it can be interpreted anyway that the reader wants to. There are many things that are up for elucidation in the book The Secret Life of Bees. For instance, throughout the whole book Lily struggles with the story that she had shot her mother. Her quest throughout the entire book is to seek justice for her mother’s memory. She does not and has never known know her mother, so she wants to find people that have met her mother or have known her mother in the past. T. Ray is the first person to tell Lily that she actually killed her own mother. When she finds this out [her mother’s pasting], she then resents T. Ray an exceeding amount after this news is understood to her. As a result, she does not believe T. Ray and Lily runs away from home and starts her adventure.
Stories are also a great way to help people to escape the everyday hardships of life. A great example of this is stated by August in The Secret Life of
Ms. Clancy
3-18-13
The Exceptionally Significant Importance of Stories Stories have an extremely important effect on the lives and the characters in the novel entitled, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid. This book is about a young 14 year old girl named Lily Owens. She has to go through life knowing that she killed her mother and that her father loathes her. She runs away form home and breaks her friend Rosaleen out of the hospital. They finally find a home, based on the clues that Lily’s mother left behind, and moves in with a family that accepts her for who she is rather than what she has to do, she can express her individuality. She gets a different look at the world and can see how stories, discrimination and family dynamics are important and valued differently. The stories in this book have three major functions in setting the stage for a good novel. They are: stories can be interpreted in many ways, stories can help people escape reality, and stories can have a lasting impact. What makes a good story interesting is that it can be interpreted anyway that the reader wants to. There are many things that are up for elucidation in the book The Secret Life of Bees. For instance, throughout the whole book Lily struggles with the story that she had shot her mother. Her quest throughout the entire book is to seek justice for her mother’s memory. She does not and has never known know her mother, so she wants to find people that have met her mother or have known her mother in the past. T. Ray is the first person to tell Lily that she actually killed her own mother. When she finds this out [her mother’s pasting], she then resents T. Ray an exceeding amount after this news is understood to her. As a result, she does not believe T. Ray and Lily runs away from home and starts her adventure.
Stories are also a great way to help people to escape the everyday hardships of life. A great example of this is stated by August in The Secret Life of