The Secret Life of Bees (entry3)

10/21/08

Comments:

1. T-Ray told Lily a whole a new story about her mother; that she left the family before her death.
2. Lily decided to escape her life with T-Ray, by running away, so she did so, and took all her things and left a letter for T-Ray proving she can careless about him.
3. Lily helped Rosaleen escape as well; and they both ended up running off to to Tiburon; hoping to hear something about her mother from someone.
4. Rosaleen and Lily settled at a little cave like place till the sun came up for the to continue their adventure, to find out more about her mother
5. Lily is confused at the fact that many places don't except the presence of a colored woman.

Questions:

1. Is T-Ray actually lying to Lily or is he trying to cover the truth of her moms death?
2. Does Lily still not know that she was the cause of her mother's death?
3. Why is it so hard for Rosaleen to cooperate with the men, to be sent free?
4. I don't understand why T-Ray is so cruel to Lily. Is it because she accidentally killed her mother?

Literary Terms:

1. "Dear T. Ray, Dont bother looking for me. Lily. P.S People who tell lies like you should rot in hell."- Illusion
2. ".. think-stalked purple flowers, into dragonflies and the smell of Carolina jasmine so think i could almost see it circling in the air like golden smoke." (pg 49)- Simile
3. "I noticed that the tree I'd fallen beneath was practically bald." (pg 55)- Personification

Words:

1. Iridescent (pg 57)-displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
2. Anoited (pg 59)-To apply oil, ointment, or a similar substance to.

Sentence:

• This chapter had allot of twists to it. Lily ran away from home and has opened her eyes to the way T-Ray treats her, she is determined to find out more about her mother along with Rosaleen by her side.