Ali K’s Reviews > The Secret Life of Bees > Status Update

"It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning to matter what sort of heartbreak is happening." I really like this quote because I think of it as that the world doesn't revolve around you, and no matter what struggles you are going through in your life, you don't need to spread pain into other people's lives. Everyone will keep on fighting and you need to also, and fight your own war like everyone else

If my author used a different style of writing and different vocabulary I think it would make the book way worse. I think this because the whole tone of the book is set in the 1960's, in South Carolina so they have lots of slang words they use.

I would choose August to be on an island with me for many reasons. I feel that August is very smart and can handle lots of situations very well.

Even though my group is not all at the same place, we are still managing to come up with something to talk about. Today, we decided to talk about May committing suicide. A tragic time for all. One question that came up was, "What made May commit suicide" I think what made May commit suicide was holding back her feeling towards April's death. Finally, she couldn't hold her self back anymore so she commit suicide.

I definitely know that T. Ray is going to die alone, and no one will really care. Though I know deep in Lily's heart, she will be quite upset if T. Ray died. Even when Lily was on the phone with T. Ray, she was very emotional. I think that Lily doesn't want to show that she will be very upset when T. Ray dies. Though Rosaleen and Lily will both be upset if T. Ray has died.

One major thing Lily wants to achieve is to find her mother. No matter what anyone tells her, Lily is going to find her mother no matter what. Even Rosaleen, says Lily's mother is no where to be found. But Lily is with Rosaleen, with other people. May, June and August. Lily is trying to find her mother, and currently staying at the Calendar Sisters house, Lily makes up lies to try to find her mom without being caught

I would be apart of the Calendar Sisters, I would very much want to be April, but the alive version of April. I would be happy with the rest of the family, make May happy, knowing that I'm back, and I really didn't commit suicide like April did. The sisters and I would have so much fun, making honey and all. Especially when Rosaleen and Lily came to visit and stay. We would gladly accept them to our little family.