The Secret Life of Bees... Three..

Character	Appearance Trait	Personality Trait	How do you know? *Support your descriptions by using passages, quotes, or ideas in the book.
Character 1 (June):	-African American	-Intelligent -String Headed -Passive Aggressive	“I have noticed that if you look carefully at peoples eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away. Junes eyes turned dull and hard when she looked at me.” (105)
Character 2: (Neil):	-Tall -African American -He wore blue jeans and an undershirt with grease smears on it. -He wore horn-rimmed glasses.	-Gentle -Honest -Kind	“…I found the tallest Negro man id ever seen working on the truck”…(102)
Character 3: (Zachary Taylor):	-Handsome -Has one dimple  -Broad shoulders -Narrow waist -Short cropped hair	-Ambitious -Positive -Self Reliant -Intelligent -Athletic	“Even the whites of his eyes weren’t exactly white. He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist and short- cropped hair like most of the Negro boys wore, but it was his face I couldn’t help staring at. If he was shocked over me being white, I was shocked over him being handsome.” (116)

Questions	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3
What happened?	The Daughters of Mary Arrived. “On Sunday I thought they would go to church, but no, they held a special service in the pink house, and people came to them. It was a group called the Daughters of Mary, which August had organized	The Lady of Chains. Touching the vanishing heart on the Lady of Chains.	What is My Favorite Color? Lily calls T-Ray.
When did it happen and where?	The gathering of The Daughters of may was held on Sundays at Augusts’ house.	The Boatwright’s house.	-Clayton Forrest, Attorney At Law. -A black off Main Street.
Who was involved? What did they say? What did they do?	-A group of African Americans. -“The Daughters of Mary started showing up in the parlor before 10:00 a.m. First was an old woman named Queenie and her grown daughter, Violet. They were dressed alike in bright yellow skirts and white blouses, though they wore different hats, at least. Next came Lunelle, mabelee, and Cressie, who wore the fanciest hats I’d ever laid eyes on.” “In addition to those Daughters,it turned out Mary had one son besides Jesus, a man named Otis Hill, with stubby teeth in an oversize navy suit.”	“Queenie and her daughter went togther and rubbed their palms aginst the wood. Lunelle pressed her fingers to May’s heart, then kissed each one of them in a slow deliberate way, a way that brought tears to me eyes. Otis pressed his forehead to the heart, like he was filling up his empty tank. -June kept playing while each of them came. -Rosaleen touched the heart. -Lily rose from her chair and walked toward the black Mary, as she reached her arm out to her heart, June had stopped playing the music. -Lily fainted.	-Lily and T-Ray. -“Miss Lacy’s phone sat right there on her desk. I picked up the receiver and dialed 0 for operator. “I am making a collect call. “I told her, and gave her the number. Almost faster than I would’ve believed heard the phone in my house ringing. A stared down the hallway at the closed door and counted the rings. Three, four, five, six.  “Hello” - T-Ray asked Lily where the hell she was. - “T-Ray I’m sorry I have to leave but-“ As the conversation went on T-Rays anger escalated. -“You tell me where you are right now, do you hear me? Do you have any idea the trouble you’re in? Busting Rosaleen out of the hospital-holy shit, what were you thinking?” “I was only-“ “Ill tell you what you were. You were a goddamn fool who went looking for trouble and found it. Because of you I cant walk down the street in Sylvan without people staring at me. I’ve had to stop everything and search for you all over creation, and meanwhile the peaches have gone to hell.” “I called because I was wondering something “ Where are you? Answer me.” “I was wondering, do you know what my favorite color is?” “I know one thing and that’s I’m gonna find you Lily and when I do, I’m gonna tear your behind to pieces-“
Why is this an important event?	The story of Mary is told and it’s a significant part of the book because Mary is a symbol. The gathering is to remind everyone, even Lily and Rosaleen how important religion is, and to not loose sight of that.	This event is important because it emphasizes the importance of having spirituality in ones life.	I think this event is important because it shows how much Lily longs for love, a love that she thinks she deserves from her father. In the lawyers office she sees a picture of a father and daughter and thinks that maybe if she calls her father that he will miss her and finally give her love. He doesn’t.  She realizes that he’s the same sad, angry man that he has always been.

Prediction:  

I feel that somehow T-Ray will find Lily and Rosaleen and file charges against the Boatwright’s and try to have them arrested I don’t know what exactly for, maybe because they’re African American. I also think that Lily will continue to become a stronger and knowledgeable and continue to look at things through a positive light.

Critique.

Throughout the story Lily changes and grows inside and out, her knowledge, her perspective on life and a new perspective on love. The Boatwright’s are teaching not only Lily, but Rosaleen that there is a whole new world out there.

WORD	PART OF SPEECH	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE FOUND IN THE BOOK	PAGE
Hi-Fi	Noun.	An electronic device that plays phonographic records, reproducing the original sound with a high degree of fidelity.	“I hope it’s not too backward to say that I felt like I had never heard anything on my hi-fi back home that came out that good.”	148
Aptitude	Noun.	An inherent ability, as for learning.	“I told her the way they created hexagons, they must be the ones who could do math in their heads, and she smiled and said, yes, nest builders had true math aptitude.”	148
Myrtle	Noun.	Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, an aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean region and western Asia, having pink or white flower and blue-black berries and widely cultivated as a hedge plant.	I had come barefoot, collecting dew on the soles of my feet. Sitting on the toilet, trying to pee very quietly, I could see crepe myrtle petals stuck to my toes.	163
Ingenious	Adjective.	Marked by inventive skill and imagination.	“I thought about explaining to her my mother’s ingenious method of riding the house of roaches- cracker crumbs and marshmallow- but then I thought, This is June, forget it.”	104
Camphorweed	Noun.	Either of two eastern North American herbs, of the composite family, having numerous small flower heads.	“I moved through camphorweed and wild azalea, stepping over fire-ant mounds and swinging the smoker while he lifted the lids off the hives and peered inside looking for capped frames.”	126
Extractor	Verb.	A person or thing that extracts.	“We ran twelve extractor loads through the whole system-all the way from the uncapping knife to the bottling tank.”	133
Tiered	Noun.	One series of rows placed one above another.	“I pictured myself eating three- tiered chocolate cake for breakfast throughout the entire month, staying up an hour after bedtime writing high-caliber stories and poems.”	137
Caliber	Noun.	The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.	“I pictured myself eating three- tiered chocolate cake for breakfast throughout the entire month, staying up an hour after bedtime writing high-caliber stories and poems.”
Elderberries	Noun.	The small, edible, purplish- black fruit of the common American elder, sometimes used to make wine or preserves.	“We were working on the jars of tupelo tree honey, which Zach and I thought gathered out there on Clayton Forrest’s land, plus a few jars of purple honey from the hive where the bees had struck it rich on elderberries.”	140
Affliction	Noun.	A condition of pain, suffering, or distress.	“We had a citywide emergency on our hands, as there is no greater affliction for the southern mind than people up north coming down o fix our way of life.”	155