The Secret life of Bees
Neil (surname unknown) is, according to Lily, the tallest Negro man she has ever seen. He is a follower to June and a good friend to the Boatwright sisters.
Quotations from the book that let us know about Neil’s appearance
Neil (surname unknown) is, according to Lily, the tallest Negro man she has ever seen. He is a follower to June and a good friend to the Boatwright sisters.
Quotations from the book that let us know about Neil’s appearance
“I found the tallest Negro man I’d ever seen working on the truck...” Page 102
“He wore blue jeans and an undershirt with grease smears on it, along with horn-rimmed glasses. He looked like a very studious mechanic.” Page – 104
June Boatwright is the middle sister in among the Boatwright’s sisters. She has very short hair and she seldom smiles. She is cautious and suspicious and very back drawn. She is musical talented and she works at funerals, playing music.
Her hair is cut short and she is unmarried. She is very serious and has her principles.
Quotations from the book that let us know about June’s appearance
Quotations from the book that let us know about June’s appearance
“..Her hair cut so short it resembled a little gray, curlicue swim cap pulled tight over her scalp.” – Page 68
“Her face stared at us, suspicious and stern.” – Page 68
Best part
“– you know, some things don’t matter that much, Lily. Like the color of s house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person’s heart – now, that matters.”
This is a fantastic part in the book. It shows so much love and sacrifice a person will do for another person’s happiness. Here August dislikes the color that May wanted for the house but because May really liked that color and makes her happy, August set aside her feelings about the color and put May's well being in front of some stupid non-important thing as the color of their house. Is that not love or what?
The Theme of the book
I think that the scheme in the book is search. lily's search for her history,background and identity.
Lily is on her own way trying to find out everything about her mother, how she was and what kind of person she was. She is at the same time trying to find her identity and her own place in life. When you are so young that Lily is, you do not know yourself and your place in life. And with your mother gone you have plenty of questions and loose strings that you want to attach.
"We're going to Highway Forty and thumb a ride to Tiburon". - Page
With this sentence we can see that Lily, that really do not know where she is going decides to go to the one place that has some kind of connection to her mother.
She then later, when she notice the label on the honey jars in a local market, finds out that these labels are the same labels as the one that her mother have written Tiburon on and which she carries around. At that point she decides that she has to go to where the honey is produced and ends up at the hand of three sisters, that, probably, in some way have some connection to her mother.
P. 101 P.94 P.79
The Theme of the book
I think that the scheme in the book is search. lily's search for her history,background and identity.
Lily is on her own way trying to find out everything about her mother, how she was and what kind of person she was. She is at the same time trying to find her identity and her own place in life. When you are so young that Lily is, you do not know yourself and your place in life. And with your mother gone you have plenty of questions and loose strings that you want to attach.
"We're going to Highway Forty and thumb a ride to Tiburon". - Page
With this sentence we can see that Lily, that really do not know where she is going decides to go to the one place that has some kind of connection to her mother.
She then later, when she notice the label on the honey jars in a local market, finds out that these labels are the same labels as the one that her mother have written Tiburon on and which she carries around. At that point she decides that she has to go to where the honey is produced and ends up at the hand of three sisters, that, probably, in some way have some connection to her mother.
P. 101 P.94 P.79
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