The Secret Life of Bees (entry5)

10/22/08

Comments:

1. The family knows that Rosaleen and Lily are not who they portray themselves to be.
2. May works as the piano person who plays the piano at wakes for the dead people.
3. The reason why May changes her behavior so quickly is because of the death of her twin sister April, because they were so close, ever since her death shes been troubled.
4. August plays with Lily's mind to try and find out if she is telling the truth or not.
5. Rosaleen was jealous because Lily spend all her time with August rather than here.

Questions:

1. What makes the family think they are not who they portray to be?
2. Why did April choose to kill her self so sudden?
3. Is the reason why she works at the funeral home for the dead because of the death of her twin sister?
4. When will Lily realize what she is trying to ( stay with August) is not going to happen?

Literary Terms:

1. " She reminded me that the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places."( pg 92)- Metaphor
2. "When April died, something in May died, too."( pg 97)- Symbolism
3. "I pressed the paper with her name into a cranny that seemed right for her, giving her to the wailing wall."(pg 101) - Foreshadowing

Words:

1. ceramic (pg 87)- of or pertaining to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture
2. inkblot ( pg 101)- A blotted pattern of spilled ink

Summary:

The family knows that Lily and Rosaleen are not who they portray to be and August is trying to get the truth out of Lily, while Lily is trying to get the truth about her mother.