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AN INTRODUCTION TOTHE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
by Sue Monk Kidd
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sue Monk Kidd
Born 1948
Grew up in Sylvester, Georgia
Lives near Charleston, South Carolina
BACKGROUND TO THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
BACKGROUND TO THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Published in 2002 (Stayed on The New York Times’s bestseller life for more than two years)
BACKGROUND TO THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Published in 2002 (Stayed on The New York Times’s bestseller life for more than two years)
Based somewhat on Sue Monk Kidd’s life growing up in the rural south.
BACKGROUND TO THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Published in 2002 (Stayed on The New York Times’s bestseller life for more than two years)
Based somewhat on Sue Monk Kidd’s life growing up in the rural south.
Open to the Penguin Reader’s Guide in the back of your SLOB novel.
BACKGROUND TO THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Published in 2002 (Stayed on The New York Times’s bestseller life for more than two years)
Based somewhat on Sue Monk Kidd’s life growing up in the rural south.
Open to the Penguin Reader’s Guide in the back of your SLOB novel.
Warning: This book contains sexual references (it’s about a teenage girl) and some religious scenes may be offputting to some.
SETTING OF THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Year: 1964
Place: Rural South Carolina
Coinciding Events: Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, voter registration of African Americans
COMING OF AGE INTHE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
COMING OF AGE INTHE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Coming-of-Age story
COMING OF AGE INTHE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Coming-of-Age story
A novel or other work of literature in which the main character or characters grow, mature, or understand the world in adult terms.
COMING OF AGE INTHE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Coming-of-Age story
A novel or other work of literature in which the main character or characters grow, mature, or understand the world in adult terms.
Throughout the novel, Lily, the protagonist, attempts to overcome the sins of her parents, her community, and her own prejudices to develop a deeper understanding of the world.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
Explore how this is a coming-of-age novel
OBJECTIVES
Explore how this is a coming-of-age novel
Study several literary terms, including figurative language (simile, metaphor, onomotopoeia, personification, imagery), allusions, epigraphs, point of view, characterization, and diction
OBJECTIVES
Explore how this is a coming-of-age novel
Study several literary terms, including figurative language (simile, metaphor, onomotopoeia, personification, imagery), allusions, epigraphs, point of view, characterization, and diction
Explore several themes
OBJECTIVES
Explore how this is a coming-of-age novel
Study several literary terms, including figurative language (simile, metaphor, onomotopoeia, personification, imagery), allusions, epigraphs, point of view, characterization, and diction
Explore several themes
Explore the motif of “bees,” including analysis of each epigraph
EPIGRAPHS AND MOTIFS
EPIGRAPHS AND MOTIFS
Epigraph: A short saying at the beginning of a book or a chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
EPIGRAPHS AND MOTIFS
Epigraph: A short saying at the beginning of a book or a chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
Motif: Any recurring element in a story that has symbollic importance.
EPIGRAPHS AND MOTIFS
Epigraph: A short saying at the beginning of a book or a chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
Motif: Any recurring element in a story that has symbollic importance.
Each chapter in The Secret Life of Bees includes an epigraph about the novel’s motif, bees.
EPIGRAPHS AND MOTIFS
Epigraph: A short saying at the beginning of a book or a chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
Motif: Any recurring element in a story that has symbollic importance.
Each chapter in The Secret Life of Bees includes an epigraph about the novel’s motif, bees.
The epigraph may foreshadow what the reader may learn from the chapter.