SBCC ANTH 103 - bee 7 (2 pages)

Chapter 13 14 Bottomless Love and Understanding Main point Lily feels resentment against her mother so she throws the honey jars Next morning Rosaleen finds Lily with the mess honey house and Lily s scars She takes care of Lily Lily tells her mother s staying at the pink house with calendar sisters to Rosaleen and Lily recognizes that Rosaleen already knows Deborah s leaving but she did not tell her because Rosaleen did not want to hurt Lily by telling a true story The Daughters and sisters keep doing their ceremony and they bathe the statue of black Mary with honey in order to preserve August comes to Lily and shows Deborah s belongings When Lily sees the picture of her mother and herself she thinks that is the sign of her mother s love from heaven Rosaleen registers to vote then Lily hugs Rosaleen and says I love you When Lily and August go to the queen less hive August says that Mary is in inside of our mind When Lily is alone T Ray comes to the Pink house When T Ray sees the whale pin he is shocked and Lily realizes that T Ray also loves Deborah When T Ray hits Lily hard he calls her Deborah Lily calls him Daddy and he could calm down He says Lily looks like Deborah so Lily understands why he treats her so badly August and Daughters come in and August says Lily can live with her as long as she wants When T Ray is leaving Lily goes to his truck and asks that who killed her mother He says that was Lily but she did not mean it Lily lives happy life with calendar sisters and she realizes that she is no longer a motherless child Summary In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd pages 257 302 after Lily hears her mother s story she feels resentment against her mother She cannot fell into sleep then she throws the honey jars Next morning Rosaleen finds Lily with the mess honey house and Lily s scars Rosaleen takes care of Lily Lily tells her mother s staying at the pink house with calendar sisters to Rosaleen and Lily recognizes that Rosaleen already knows Deborah s leaving but she did not tell her because Rosaleen did not want to hurt Lily by telling a true story The Daughters and sisters keep doing their ceremony and they bathe the statue of black Mary with honey in order to preserve August comes to Lily and shows Deborah s belongings When Lily sees the picture of her mother and herself she thinks that is the sign of her mother s love from heaven Rosaleen registers to vote than Lily hugs Rosaleen and says I love you Lily is proud of Rosaleen When Lily and August go to the queen less hive August says that Mary is in inside of our mind after that moment Lily find her sense When Lily is alone T Ray comes to the Pink house When T Ray sees the whale pin he is shocked and Lily realizes that T Ray also loves Deborah When T Ray hits Lily hard he calls her Deborah Lily calls him Daddy and he could calm down He says Lily looks like Deborah so Lily understands why he treats her so badly August and Daughters come in and August says Lily can live with her as long as she wants When T Ray is leaving Lily goes to his truck and asks that who killed her mother He says that was Lily but she did not mean it Lily lives happy life with calendar sisters and she realizes that she is no longer a motherless child Personal response The story ends with happy ending Lily overcomes given obstacles and finds people who truly love her I especially like the last paragraph of this story This paragraph shows that Lily departs from the previous life which was horrible and starts to live her new life with people who could take care of Lily and love Lily I also departed from my previous life and I am living a new life in new country I think Lily dealt with a lot of situations in order to find a new life In my case I had to deal with the language differences and cultural differences I am still making efforts in order to be accustomed to live my new life I will surely face with hardships and unexpected situations but this warm and beautiful story will help me to console and overcome I have enjoyed this story so much Question If Deborah did not leave T Ray T Ray would have treated Lily differently Think how Lily felt when she recognized that T Ray loved her and her mother Vocabulary Ooze when a thick or sticky liquid oozes from something or when something oozes it the liquid flows slowly and in small quantities Stutter if someone has a stutter they find it difficult to say the first sound of a word and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times