secret life of bees chapter 1 summary

More importantly, though, she’s been brought up in a society that treats black people as second-class citizens—as a result, she thinks that only a white woman could replace her mother. She lives alone with her father, Terrance Ray, and their black housekeeper and nanny, Rosaleen. She compares the bees in her room to angels, coming to Earth to right the world’s wrongs. In fact, the world of black and white are totally and legally separated in 1964 America, and Lily understands that is the way things are. up the gun and then hearing a loud noise. Prior to this support, Lily thought she might possibly make it as far as beauty school. to sew herself. stand, years ago, T. Ray told Lily about her mother’s death—he told It’s inspiring that Lily continues to feel a strong ambition to get out of Sylvan and study writing, considering that almost everyone around her wants her to give up this dream. call the police, who take Rosaleen and Lily to jail. It was the first time the bees came swarming in her bedroom, a sure sign of death according to the black housekeeper, Rosaleen. T. Ray knocked it out of her hand and it fell on the floor near Lily. Brother Gerald disapproves of Rosaleen in his church, and when she asks about borrowing two paper fans from the church, Brother Gerald says no. Although Lily was obviously too young to be morally responsible for her actions, it’s possible, based on this description, that Lily accidentally shot her own mother. On the back of the picture someone has written "Tilburon, South Carolina." her that Lily killed Deborah. The narrator seems to be happy and secure at this point, but it’s also clear that she’s experienced some tragedy. The next morning, T. Ray is hunting for her and when he sees her hastily buttoning her blouse, he believes she is meeting a boy. Previous Rosaleen brings an angel food cake with fourteen candles for Lily's birthday. She lives alone with her father, But she is an outsider. Afterward, Lily decides to free the bees from the The Civil Rights Act was seen as a great legal and civic victory for African Americans, but the reality was that many racist white Americans clung to the status quo and refused to accept this ruling, even threatening the safety of any blacks who attempted to exercise their rights. Lily does not know why the photo of the Virgin Mary is black, and she accepts the fact that Rosaleen should not be in her Baptist church because blacks are not allowed. During the 1960s, many black people in the U.S. were bullied or even murdered for registering to vote—one of the most famous cases of this occurred in Mississippi in the summer of 1964.

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