Secret Life of Bees Book Journal Chapter 1 Lily Owens is lying in her bed watching bees squeeze in and out of cracks in her walls. She thinks about her mother‚ who died when Lily was a child. She also thinks about Rosaleen‚ a black woman who looks after her and her father‚ T. Ray. When the bees begin to swarm around Lily‚ she wakes T. Ray to show him but when he comes‚ the bees are gone. He threatens to make her kneel in grits if she wakes him again. Lily decides she will catch some bees in a
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Word Vex: 1: To bring trouble‚ distress‚ or agitation. 2: to bring physical distress to. 3: To irritate or annoy by petty provocations. “I fret about nothing on earth except papa’s illness‚’ answered my companion. ‘I care for nothing in comparison with papa. And I’ll never—never—oh‚ never‚ while I have my senses‚ do an act or say a word to vex him. I love him better than myself‚ Ellen; and I know it by this: I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than
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It wasn’t the soft‚ ethereal glow of dawn’s early light peeping through the ill-fitting curtains that gently lured Tom from a restless night’s sleep. It wasn’t the promise of a new day‚ free from the nightmares that still plagued his tortured mind or the pleasing chirrup of the house sparrows greeting the sun with their morning song of joy. It was something more physical‚ something visceral‚ an inherent perception of a long-forgotten pleasure slowly rising from within. His body was awakening.
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SLAVE GIRL “They call me Rain. I have long forgotten my real name as I was very young when they came into my village and took me. I can’t remember much from my life before being a slave girl‚ but my masters have told me I am from a small village in West Africa.” Late one night‚ in a small village in Africa‚ when all had gone to sleep‚ they came like ghosts in the darkness. They took Rain from her mother’s arms and bond her father. They were crammed into pens on the
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Economy (pages 7 – 65) I see young men‚ my townsmen‚ whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms‚ houses‚ barns‚ and cattle‚ and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. (pg. 8) So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle‚ throwing the stones over their heads behind them‚ and not seeing where they fell. (pg. 9) “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself‚ than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart with
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Galatians Chapter 6 Verse 2 in Chapter 6 of Galatians‚ gives practical advice for temptation and tensions. One main point that stands out to me. “Bear one another’s burdens‚ and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2). This means to not let your brothers or sisters bear burdens alone. It is a call to act. A call to help. A call to serve one another with love. Paul delivered these instructions to help actively restore Christians that were sinning. Paul emphasized the need for tenderness
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His arms propelled his skeletal form‚ pushing feebly against the resistance of the tepid water. Gasping‚ he clutched onto the edge of the pool as he completed his timed freestyle lap. Obscuring his gaze were the black dots of fatigue‚ only allowing him a clouded view of his coach’s face; enough to reveal his displeasure. “17 seconds. Slower than last week and definitely not good enough.” The coach marched out of the pool complex‚ abandoning him to contemplate those words that echoed off the walls
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nonexistent for many years. As the days went by‚ so did every memory that was ever made. Everything seemed to be frozen in time. The air had never been so motionless or stale. Finn continued on his journey to find food and water. Wrapped in torn shreds of clothing‚ he trudged onward through the valley. The only sound Finn could hear over his beating heart was his rapid thoughts circling his mind. There was no possible way to know what year it might be. Time seemed to pass slower than the blood
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Reading Notes | Comments and Questions | They were apparently friends one minute then then something would come up and one would get slashed up with a knife (pg.8) | I think of it as having your whole family against you when you have important decisions to make. If they‚ who are always supposed to be there for you turn their backs when you most need them‚ then who will? Just like race we tend to trust those within our own people who have the same background‚ but if you can’t trust them then you
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1. Gideon is afraid to go to Charleston because he is a “nigger”. He feels as though he is illiterate and not very smart he would not fit in. He would not want to go “to city full of white houses… full of white folks making fun…” (p. 16-17). To help him overcome that fear Brother Peter tells him they “need a leader” (p 17). Because of how strong Gideon is physically and mentally he was chosen to represent them. 2. To Brother Peter Gideon is a young man. Since he is a younger man he can learn
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