Final - Literary Analysis of The Secret Life of Bees
Ava Dunwoody LS 4320.01 Literary Analysis/Final Exam The Secret Life of Bees is a Teacher Not to Be Kept on a Shelf Set in the 1960s, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a young girl named Lily and her life living alone with an abusive father and African American nanny during a time of racism and sexism. An encounter with a racist group of white men sparks the inciting incident that causes Lily and her nanny, Rosaleen, to run away from home, avoiding the police officers and trying to find refuge amid a world that is not welcoming for the two. The reason this book has been banned so many times is because of the harsh nature of racism, sexism, and abuse. This includes a lot of language that is not acceptable in today’s time but unfortunately was in the 1960s. According to a scholarly article on the nature of The Secret Life of Bees as a banned book, “ The Secret Life of Bees was challenged by a school in Texas because of the use of inappropriate language, according to a Nati
