Summary
Lily sees jars of honey waiting to be delivered. To get her anger out about her mother, she breaks every jar. Then tells Rosaleen about it as the clean it up. She waits to be talked to about her actions, but it never happens. August brings a box of Lily's mother's belongings and they open it together. Lily is left to her thoughts and memories. She slowly starts to forgive herself and her mother is finally put to rest (mentally). T-Ray finds Lily and a terrible confrontation occurs. The Mary sisters gathered to protect Lily and offered to take care of Lily. T-Ray lets them keep Lily.
Quote
"It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean, but it was you" (Kidd 299)
Reaction
T-Ray said this to Lily when he found her. He was blamed for the hardships the family faced, but he brought up the one major problem in their family. Throwing it out again at Lily that she was the one who killed her mother. Even though T-Ray tried to bring her down, Lily fully excepted her mistake. With the battle of her and her father over she was able to finally live her life.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Secret Life of Bees (chapters 10-12)
Summary
May is found under a boulder at the bottom of a river. The whole household goes into mourning. Then June finds May's suicide note causing mixed emotions throughout the Mary sisters. Zach feels hatred towards the racist town who threw him in jail and causes him basically to hate white people. May is put to rest and August stops the honey making so her and June can mourn their sister, leaving Lily to feel alone. After a week of mourning, things are back to normal. June and Neil get married and after ther ceremony, Lily and Zach walk hand in hand down the river. Zach kisses her and tells her that they can be together after he becomes a lawyer. Lily finally sits down with August and tells her about her and Rosaleen's past. She tells August that she doesn't deserve to be loved because she killed her mother. August tells her otherwise and tells her that many people love her. August tells Lily about her mother, and since Lily can't really understand everything August is saying, she feels hatred toward her mother for leaving her with T-Ray. August tries to make Lily understand that her mother was trying to make things right.
Quote
"I do it to remind us that life gives way into death, and then death turns around and gives way into life" (Kidd 206)
Reaction
This quote means, to me, that living things will die, but death brings on new life. One example in the book was May. May's was lived and then died. After her death, Neil and June got married. The new life together of June and Neil ocuured after May's death.
May is found under a boulder at the bottom of a river. The whole household goes into mourning. Then June finds May's suicide note causing mixed emotions throughout the Mary sisters. Zach feels hatred towards the racist town who threw him in jail and causes him basically to hate white people. May is put to rest and August stops the honey making so her and June can mourn their sister, leaving Lily to feel alone. After a week of mourning, things are back to normal. June and Neil get married and after ther ceremony, Lily and Zach walk hand in hand down the river. Zach kisses her and tells her that they can be together after he becomes a lawyer. Lily finally sits down with August and tells her about her and Rosaleen's past. She tells August that she doesn't deserve to be loved because she killed her mother. August tells her otherwise and tells her that many people love her. August tells Lily about her mother, and since Lily can't really understand everything August is saying, she feels hatred toward her mother for leaving her with T-Ray. August tries to make Lily understand that her mother was trying to make things right.
Quote
"I do it to remind us that life gives way into death, and then death turns around and gives way into life" (Kidd 206)
Reaction
This quote means, to me, that living things will die, but death brings on new life. One example in the book was May. May's was lived and then died. After her death, Neil and June got married. The new life together of June and Neil ocuured after May's death.
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