Essay | Symbolism of The Wailing Wall in The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees Symbolism Essay

"Let's imagine for a moment that we are tiny enought to follow a bee into a hive. Usually the first

thing we would have to get used to is the darkness..."

-Exploring the World of Sciences

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a story of a girl named Lily whose mother

died when she was young. Lily is left to live with her father T. Ray who doesn't know how to

react to her because she isn't a boy. Lily begins to feel mistreated and decides to runaway from

home. She goes to a town where she thinks her mother might have been in the past. Along her

journey she meets three amazing sisters who help her discover who she is and find her way.

The symbol from the novel I...
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