Sue Monk Kidd's "The Secret Life of Bees"

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This paper reviews Sue Monk Kidd's 2002 novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". The paper summarizes the novel, set in the racially conflicting era of the 1960's, about the 14 year old protagonist Lily's journey to discover herself beyond the world she has known her whole life. The author praises the simplistic manner that Kidd uses to bring about the vividness of the characters in the novel and also discusses the bees' use as another character in the story to add a special note to the spirituality of the book.

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" The journey the fourteen year old Lily undertakes in the novel is a journey that mirrors the transformations society in her time underwent. The contemporary reader is fascinated with the simplicity of this story while immersing in a world of phantasm and realism at the same time. Lily's imagination discovers new worlds and helps her have a better grasp of reality. The narrator's voice, Lily herself, tells the story of her life. She lives with her father and Rosaleen, her black caretaker, on her father's peach farm. Her mother died when she was four and the reader is allowed to guess that Lily accidentally killed her while her parents were engaged in a fight over her mother's immediate intention to leave."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. Penguin, 2002

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