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The Secret Life of Bees’
( chapter  5)

Let’s imagine for a moment that 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……  (Exploring the World of Social insects)

“The world will give you that once in a while, a brief time-out;the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life” (82).

1. Who were the calendar sisters?

2. What was ‘the ambrosia of the gods and the shampoo of goddesses’, according to August?

3. What does Lily mean when she says: ‘We lived for honey’ (p.84)?

1. What was Black Madonna All-Purpose Beeswax used for? Give at least 3 examples

1. The sisters poured beeswax into the ………………. ……………….to make candles.

2.  ‘Rosaleen liked to say that May was a bona fide candidate for a nuthouse’ What did she mean by that?

3. ‘May and Rosaleen hit it off right away’. How did it show?

1. What was the mystery of the ‘Oh, Susana’ song?

1. May’s behavior when it came to rats and insects: what specifically did she do? In what ways did she resemble Lily’s bug-living mother?

1.  May’s banana habit. August’s reaction to that? What does it tell us about the way the sisters treated May?

1. The conversation between August and June that Lily overhears. At one point June says the words: ‘But she is white’ (p. 87) What does Lily realize when she hears these words? How does she feel?  Why is it unusual for Lily to hear that? Discuss how white people can experience discrimination

1. What would the sisters do every evening after supper?

1. What do we learn from the TV news? How is it relevant to the story?

1. ‘That’s right, ………………..Let all the mystery slide right off you. Just let it go’. Who says these words? In what context are they uttered?

2. Were the sister Catholics?

3. What was August trying to say with the story about Beatrix, the nun?

4. Was August generous?

5. Who made the wailing wall? What did it resemble?

6. ‘May is special.’ Why does August mean by that?

7. What is April’s story? What caused April to be ‘deflated about life’?  (p.97)

8. In the conversation between Rosaleen and Lily, Rosaleen is ‘mad’about something? What is it?

9. ‘Some things are better left alone.  What if you find out something you don’t wanna know?’ What does Rosaleen mean?

10. Why did Lily make her way by starlight to May’s wall?

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ROSALEEN

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1.LILY OWENS

2. DEBORAH OWENS

3. LILY'S FATHER

4. ROSALEEN

5. AUGUST

6. JUNE

7. MAY

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Describe the character from the novel:  Focus on age, physical characteristics, emotions, appearance, etc

1.      What are THREE objects that your character would think are very important to him or her? What significance do these objects have?

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“People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life” 

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“People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life” 

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"  Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about”

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How does prejudice affect our understanding of others?

� How do our society and family influence us?

� How can society’s wrongs be righted?

� What qualities or characteristics do individuals possess that allow them to challenge societal expectations?

� Why do people keep secrets?

� How do people recover from pain and conflict?

� How do children become adults?

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/homepage/aanderson/file/slbunitoverview_sgf10.pdf

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A young girl and her housekeeper leave home in 1964 to escape a troubled home life and painful confrontations in The Secret Life of Bees.

Their journey leads them to three sisters who raise bees, and who provide some much needed shelter, wisdom and love.

Set in 1964, when big events are changing the world - Lyndon Johnson has just signed the Civil Rights Act into law, and the U.S. and Russia are competing to explore the moon - this new film is based on the bestselling book by the same name. The Secret Life of Bees was Sue Monk Kidd's debut novel, published in 2002. It stayed on the New York Times Best seller list for two years.

Fourteen-year-old Lily Owens' hardhearted father and mean-spirited neighbors don't seem to want anything to change in their little southern town.

So when Lily and Rosaleen - her caregiver and only friend - find themselves in one painful confrontation after another, they decide to disappear and they end up at the grand pink house of three beekeeping sisters. There, they begin their journey toward transformation and peace.

The movie, its meaning, and message for viewers are discussed by author Sue Monk Kidd, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who stars in the film, and director Gina Prince Bythewood, one of Hollywood's few African-American women directors.

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A young girl and her housekeeper leave home in 1964 to escape a troubled home life. Their journey leads them to three sisters who raise bees, and who provide some much needed shelter, wisdom and love. This new film is based on the bestselling book by the same name.

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Growing up /Coming of Age

Love

Family/ Belonging

Relationships

Search for Identity

Secrets

The Role of Women/ The Sanctuary of Women

Escapist Fantasy

Opression/ Racism / Prejudice

Social Injustice / Class divisions

Challenging Rules/Expectations

Teh Black Madonna