The Secret Life Of Bees Analysis
The Secret Life of Bees Assignment
The Questioner
Why did August paint the house pink?
When may and August we're at the paint store May saw the colour and loved it August thought it was the tackiest color she had ever seen, but decided to paint the house pink because it made May happy.
Why does Lily feel the need to carry around mouse bones with her?
Lily finds the mouse bones under her bed when she is storing her mother's belongings. Therefore, Lily makes some odd connection between the mouse bones and the sentimental day on which she learned of her mother's love for her. Lily is in an emotionally heightened state, and she therefore displays some seemingly irrational behavior. After Lily finishes babysitting the mouse bones, she determines that she may have just needed to nurse something. But she might have intuited that the bones could be from a mouse Deborah once saw. In addition, the bones could symbolize Deborah's dead body.
Why does Lily believe August told her the story of Beatrix and …show more content…
What does the symbol of Our Lady of Chains provide for the Daughters of Mary?
The Daughters of Mary, as a group of black women in the South in the 1960s, have clearly been exposed to their share of discrimination. The Boatwright sisters have attended college, but they have not really been able to find appropriate jobs outside of the black community, except for domestic positions within white households. The women feel the societal chains that bind them to a specific status position. The story of Our Lady provides women with hope for advancing their lives regardless of the "chains" that hold them down. Rather, they realize their ability to harness their internal power to enhance their lives.
What causes T. Ray to become so bitter and abusive toward
The Questioner
Why did August paint the house pink?
When may and August we're at the paint store May saw the colour and loved it August thought it was the tackiest color she had ever seen, but decided to paint the house pink because it made May happy.
Why does Lily feel the need to carry around mouse bones with her?
Lily finds the mouse bones under her bed when she is storing her mother's belongings. Therefore, Lily makes some odd connection between the mouse bones and the sentimental day on which she learned of her mother's love for her. Lily is in an emotionally heightened state, and she therefore displays some seemingly irrational behavior. After Lily finishes babysitting the mouse bones, she determines that she may have just needed to nurse something. But she might have intuited that the bones could be from a mouse Deborah once saw. In addition, the bones could symbolize Deborah's dead body.
Why does Lily believe August told her the story of Beatrix and …show more content…
What does the symbol of Our Lady of Chains provide for the Daughters of Mary?
The Daughters of Mary, as a group of black women in the South in the 1960s, have clearly been exposed to their share of discrimination. The Boatwright sisters have attended college, but they have not really been able to find appropriate jobs outside of the black community, except for domestic positions within white households. The women feel the societal chains that bind them to a specific status position. The story of Our Lady provides women with hope for advancing their lives regardless of the "chains" that hold them down. Rather, they realize their ability to harness their internal power to enhance their lives.
What causes T. Ray to become so bitter and abusive toward