Sue Monkk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monkk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd’s novel concerns a young girl searching for stability in a complex environment. At the beginning of the novel Kidd uses imagery to better the reader’s visualization of the story and the characters in it. One example of the authors imagery to help you see the characters is“’Bees swarm before death’ said Rosaleen.” This gives you a little incite too what kind of person Rosaleen is. Kidd also uses her words too show you how relationships are between people. For example: “’My daddy—who I called T. Ray’ said the daughter.” This shows that the father daughter relationship may not be so strong. The detail that the narrator uses shows that even the smallest thing, like the bees, is a big part of the story,”‘ Flew in circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzzzz that hummed along my skin’ said Lily the daughter.” This shows that the bees mean something to Lily.