Hi everyone! So I am not very far into the book, but so far I like it. In chapter one there was a quote that really stuck out in my mind for some reason, this quote is, "Bees swarm before death"(Rosaleen 2). Further into the paragraph Lily Owens, the main character, talks about how the bees are starting to swarm in her bedroom. She starts to think about if those bees are swarming for her death. She doesn't think death is such an awful thing, in fact she says that people who think that death is the worst thing, do not know a thing about life. When she was four years old her mother died, so now she thinks of death as just a fact of life, and it just doesn't bother her very much.
This quote really stuck out to me because that is not how I think at all. Death to me is the scariest thing ever. If I could, I would live forever. So to read something about how death is just a fact of life, scares me. I am one of those people who thinks death is one of the worst things, but I know a lot about life. So reading Lily say people like me don't know anything about life is a little frustrating.
Fellow bloggers, do you think the same about life and death as Lily Owens, or me? What is your take on the fact of life such as death?
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Hey Casey! Good quote! I agree with both you and the character Lily. Yes death is a "fact of life" but I agree with you that it is quite scary to think about. I would want to live forever to.
Casey, I was going to use this quote, too! But I didn't. I wonder if bees swarmed before Lily's mother died and that's where Rosaleen got it from. I was also thinking about using the quote that Lily said about how people come back as what they kill. I am assuming that Lily's mother used to kill bees in their house and Lily thought that if she killed one of the bees in her room, then she would be killing her mother again. Death is a scary thing to think about.
Hi Casey, are the bees literally swarming in her room at night?? Or is that just a figure of speech? Well anyway, I think death is extremely scary to think about it since it is so unknown to humans. No one knows for a fact what happens after so it's just terrifying to think about...I think Lily is wrong because obviously we know a lot about life we've been living it! We just don't know a lot about death and that doesn't make us stupid we just won't know until we actually die.
Leena, the bees are actually swarming. Lily tries to tell her father, but he doesn't believe her. Then she catches a few and keeps them in a jar.
Oh haha. That's a little terrifying...bees scare the crap out of me.
Hey ladies! Thanks for commenting! I am happy that you guys think the same way I do. I think Lily is a very brave girl for thinking the way she thinks about life and death. Anyway I miss all of you! :)
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