TRue Family

In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid, the main character, Lily, runs away from home, and goes to live with three middle aged African American women in the 1960's, who are bee keepers. She goes there not knowing exactly what she will find, but in the hopes that she will find something about her mothers past. When Lily was four she her mother had died, and T. Ray, Lily's father, had told Lily she had accidentally shot her mother. T. Ray hadn't acted like a father to her but instead had punished her cruelly and was pretty much awful to her. Lily left home in search of a family and i think that Sue Monk Kidd was trying to say that true family doesn't have to blood related to you as long as it is people who love u and truly care about u. Kidd shows this through the character's in Lily's life.

Sue Monk Kidd is trying to say that your true family is the people who love you and care about you. She shows this through the different character's in Lily's life. For example, Lily's nanny, Rosaleen is the closest thing she has to a mother, and her first friend. She is with Lily the entire story, she even goes to the Boatwright's (the bee keepers) house and stays there with her. She is the first one that Lily really considers family in the book. Another character that Sue Monk Kidd uses to show that true family is the people who love and care about you is the three Boatwright sisters: May, June, and August. August Boatwright welcome's Lily and Rosaleen into their home. She gives her and Rosaleen a place to stay and puts them to work as bee keepers. She also ends up being a mother-like person to Lily. Helping her grow up and letting Lily take her time in telling August why she is really here. August knew lily's mother and decides to help Lily, and in the end Lily stays with her at August's house and she becomes more like her mother. August ends up being perhaps the one person in the entire world who Lily is closest too. June Boatwright isn't as warmhearted towardsLily, initially. She is doubtful of letting her and Rosaline stay. But, in time she warms to Lily and ends up loving her and excepting her just as much as the others. Lastly, there is May Boatwright, who is the youngest of the three boatwright sisters, but after her twin died, she had been acting weird. She gets very upset over the smallest things, and usually ends up crying. However her heart is in a good place and she warms to Lily rather quickly. Sadly she ends up dying in the book, she commits suicide because she ends up so sad. But, eventually her death brings Lily, August, June, and Rosaleen closer together, so close they become like family.

In conclusion, Sue Monk Kidd is trying to say that your true family is the people who love you and care about you. She shows this through the people in Lily's life. This can apply to real life too. I think everyone has someone who they are so close with they are like family, even if you're not blood related.