Journal #1 - Nick

   After the first quarter of the novel The Secret Life of Bees, there are many things to question and discuss. I enjoyed the first quarter of the book for many reasons including the mystery of the bees that swarmed above her in the night. Later in the quarter they discussed the way and reason Lily’s mom died, but even thought the book gave the scenario it took place, it was still very confusing on what happened. I hope later in the book this problem gets addressed once more and reveals who had killed Lily’s mom.

    The beginning of the book mainly focused on Lily’s struggle with her maid rosaleen. I thought this problem in the book was a nice way to introduce a semi-main character to develop the main character Lily.

     I wish that the beginning of the book had made more sense to me and jumped around less. They introduced different problems but I couldn't follow all of them and couldn't follow the ones that are going to be the most important or the most important.

     The book had introduced her father as an abusive and strict father. I like this role because this shows how the setting makes more dominance for men than women. Not that it is a good thing, but to establish this in the book might play a big role in what is to come.

     The first quarter of the book had introduced significant characters to help the story. I liked how they introduced each character in different problems for each character. I think that the other characters to come will not be introduced in their own problem but along the way of resolving Lily’s problems.

     When the book had introduced a fight between Lily and Rosaleen, I didn’t think that they would find each other once a again and makeup.

-   Nick W