The Secret Life Of Bees By Sue Monks

Thousands of children are getting abused by their parents. In Sue Monks Kid’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees, Lily Owens uses old lost memories of her belated mother and dusty items left by her mother to find the truth behind her mother's death. On Lily's quest, she meets 3 black bee keeper sisters who hold the secrets of her mother. Symbolism is the cornerstone of the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, the bees symbolized Lily in several ways.

One instance in which bees symbolized Lily is when the bees were trapped in a jar is like how Lily was trapped with her dad. When Lily ran away from T-Ray, that was when the bees also left the jar. “After my morning of capturing bees, I spent the afternoon in the peach stand out an the highway, selling T-Ray’s peaches” (p. 15). When the bees were finally free so was Lily.

A scout bee will look for a new nest, like Lily’s mother finding “Tiburon, S.C.” After the scout returns, the rest of the bees move to start a new colony. “On leaving he old nest the swarm normally flies only a few metres and settles. Scout bees look for a suitable place to start the new colony. Eventually, one location wins favor and the whole swarm takes to the air” (p. 40). Lily found her mother’s “Black Mary” statue and location of her new life. Lily and Rosaleen went to find the new colony. The new colony was August Boatright and her sister’s pink house. When the bees arrive at the location of he new colony, they start to build the nest. Lily built relationships with August, May, June, and especially