Introduction Characters in a story evolve due to the struggles and hardships they face throughout the story. In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and in Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd the two characters are quite sheltered and oblivious to what is happening in the world. Lily Melissa Owens in The Secret Life of Bees is sheltered and oblivious to what is happening in the world because she has never experienced racism. It is not until Rosaleen, the Owens family house maid, goes into town and attempts to vote, but is beaten up by three racist white men and then is thrown in jail . Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath is sheltered and oblivious to what is happening in the world because he was in prison, with no news about the Dust Bowl.
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Lily is abused and victimized by her father at the age of 14. Lily has always felt guilty for killing her mother by accident, by means of a shotgun, when she was four years old. Lily is shy, lonely and worries a lot about her mother. Lily is seen as an outcast by girls in her school, Lily has no mother, unlike the other girls, and has a father who doesn’t care for her needs. When Lily goes out to the Peach trees at night, she digs up a few keepsakes of her mother. Lily has a photograph of ‘Black Mary’ with the worlds ‘Tiburon, SC’ written on the back of it. Lily and Rosaleen leave to Tiburon, SC to find out if anyone knew her mother or anything about her mother. Lily is directed to the Boatright’s house when she asks a store clerk where she could find the person who made the honey with a picture of Black Mary on the label. The Boatright’s housed Lily’s mother when she had ran away from T.Ray and Lily. While being with the Boatright family, Lily becomes more courageous, independent and is at peace with what happened with her mother. Lily learns about her mother and how the day her mother died, she was coming to get her to take her to the Boatright’s home. The feeling of abandonment and unlovable go away and is able to forgive herself for the tragic accident. Since being in Tiburon, South Carolina and staying with the Boatrights, Lily has
Lily is abused and victimized by her father at the age of 14. Lily has always felt guilty for killing her mother by accident, by means of a shotgun, when she was four years old. Lily is shy, lonely and worries a lot about her mother. Lily is seen as an outcast by girls in her school, Lily has no mother, unlike the other girls, and has a father who doesn’t care for her needs. When Lily goes out to the Peach trees at night, she digs up a few keepsakes of her mother. Lily has a photograph of ‘Black Mary’ with the worlds ‘Tiburon, SC’ written on the back of it. Lily and Rosaleen leave to Tiburon, SC to find out if anyone knew her mother or anything about her mother. Lily is directed to the Boatright’s house when she asks a store clerk where she could find the person who made the honey with a picture of Black Mary on the label. The Boatright’s housed Lily’s mother when she had ran away from T.Ray and Lily. While being with the Boatright family, Lily becomes more courageous, independent and is at peace with what happened with her mother. Lily learns about her mother and how the day her mother died, she was coming to get her to take her to the Boatright’s home. The feeling of abandonment and unlovable go away and is able to forgive herself for the tragic accident. Since being in Tiburon, South Carolina and staying with the Boatrights, Lily has