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.