As I read further into the book, I find that the struggle is symbolic of our society struggle. Sadly in our world there are still people who find woman to be the “lesser” role on Earth. In, The Secret Life of Bees, it seems as if this struggle is not only shown, but solved. As Lily meets more and more people in Tiburon she starts to gain confidence in herself and her gender. This struggle can be symbolic of any other struggle in society today. A person has a problem and is helped out of it with the support of his/her friends.
The Author is using the struggles as a way to reaffirm struggles not only just woman’s rights, but in general. Like I said before, this is a classic example of a struggle and solution. I predict at the end of the novel, Lily will gain enough confidence in herself to do something that would have been hard to do otherwise.
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Mrs. P
// Apr 25, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Alex,
I think you have made a great point about the symbolic nature of the struggle in Kidd’s novel. I am curious to learn what you think about the characters in particular. Do you think that Kidd is using the characters to represent certain roles men and women play in our society? I look forward to your next response.
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