The Secret Life Of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd

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The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, shows how bees are similar to humans. The beginning of each chapter includes epigraphs. They give us an outline of what the chapter will be about. The book has many themes within each chapter. For example, the novel may be compared to one of the characters. The story is about a 14- year- old girl, Lily Owens who is from Sylvan, South Carolina. She is trying to find more information about her mother. When she does, her life was changes around. Lily has faced many obstacles. She is introduced to the secret life of bees which mirrors the secrets in her own life.
The epigraph in the second chapter of the novel is about bees leaving their home. When a colony is taken over, the scout bees have to find a

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