The Secret Life of Bees Character Analysis

Characterization Analysis

|Considerations |Character Name: |Character Name: |Character Name: |
| |Lily |Rosaleen Daise |May Boatwright |
|Behavior |Independent, determined, |Stands up for herself, believes in |Very emotional, sensitive to the |
| |strong-willed, damaged, expressive,|equal rights, strong-minded, |pain of others, depressed, |
| |searches for her happiness and a |outspoken, uncensored, faces |kind-hearted, loving, child-like. |
| |maternal love. She overcomes her |discrimination head on. | |
| |abuse through her own maturation | | |
| |and through acceptance and love she| | |
| |receives by the Boatwright women | | |
|Appearance |In the beginning, she looks |In the beginning, she dresses as a |She dresses like a child and |
| |unweathy, uncared for, dirty and |colored maid, hides her abuse. |carries herself as a playful, silly|
| |unfeminine. Later on at the honey |Later on in the film she dresses |schoolgirl would. She also cries |
| |house her appearance becomes more |nice and becomes happier and |and gets sad like a child would |
| |feminine when she gets