The Secret Life of Bees “Let’s just imagine for a moment we are tiny enough to follow a bee into a hive, usually the first thing we would have to get used to is the darkness..”(82). Lily is the narrator and the main character. She adds humor to situations that would be very depressing when she is in the darkness of her life. Lily is a girl from the South that has an unforgiving father and a mother that has died. Rosaleen is a black woman that takes care of Lily. Rosaleen and Lily are jailed after
Exploration of Cultural Diversity Tutu Wreh Introduction to Social Work University of Pittsburgh Introduction I confess being a little hesitant going into The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. The novel is set in 1964 in Sylvan, South Caroline. The main character Lily Melissa Owens grows into a young women as she escaped her abusive father and search to uncover her deceased mother’s past. I am not much for spending time on fiction. I tend to not read for entertainment, but for