I have been reading The Secret Life of Bees, a book about a fourteen year old girl named Lily Owens. For the past ten years of her life, Lily has been living with her abusive father, who she calls T. Ray, along with the haunting memory of the night her mother was killed. For most of her life, she has been more of a slave to her father than a daughter. As a result, Lily decides to run away with her "stand-in mother" Rosaleen. After Lily discovers that her real mother had visited Tiburon, South Carolina, she decides to go there. Once she arrives in Tiburon, Lily meets three beekeeping sisters named August, June and May. These sisters let her stay, but only because Lily lied about what was really going on. She said that her parents were both dead and that she was trying to stay out of an orphanage. After a few months of her living there, Lily starts asking questions about her mother, and the sisters become suspicious of her story.
If I could give advice to a character in the book, it would be to Lily Owens. I would tell her that she should really try listening to Rosaleen. Rosaleen told Lily that she should tell the sisters who she really is and what is happening to her instead of trying to run away from her life. I think that if Lily told August, May and June the truth, they would understand and try to help her. I would also tell Lily that running from her problems is not going to do any good and will just make things worse for her and Rosaleen.
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Well done! I agree with the advice you would give her. I didn't read the book, but judging by the movie I think she should have told the three sisters sooner. She shouldn't have been scared to because she probably really needed the information.
Do you think that if she told them they would have let her stay with her still? I haven't read the book so I don't know.
Very true Kelsey! I totally agree. I read this book too and the whole time I was saying to myself "Just tell them already!" It was a really good book and I'm very satified with the outcome.
Great advice Kelsey! I totally agree with you about how Lily should listen to Rosaleen. I also think Lily should have told them from the start too.
Leena: i do think thaat if lily told them that they would have let her stay with them. They seem to really care about Lily, as if she was their own daughter. I think they would want to help her.
That's really true, Kelsey. Lily should stop trying to run away from her problems. She's denying the fact that they are there to begin with and one shouldn't really do that (In my perspective). People can be way more understanding than you give them credit for and I'm sure August, May and June would do so as well.
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