The+Secret+Life+of+Bees


 * DIRECTIONS: Each student in the group is responsible for inventing one discussion question. This discussion question must be posted on the Monday of each week, ensuring time for discussion of each question. Each member of the group, including the person who invented the question, MUST respond to the discussion AT LEAST twice EACH week. Your participation in these online discussions, along with the amount of effort and reflection put into your responses, will account for a portion of your Literature Circle final grade. Each time you post a discussion question or a response,you MUST skip a space from what was written above, and you MUST begin your writing with your last name and first initial so I can mark your participation. It would also be helpful if you choose a specific colour and stick to that colour each week to identify yourself with also.

Week 4 Discussion Question: LipsettB- If you were Lily, what would you be the most scared of staying with the sisters. Would you be scared of the police,T-ray,or the fact she did not know her mother?

FarrellB- First of all i wouldnt want to be Lily, but if i was her I would mostly be scared of T-ray. In the book T-ray is abusove, nasty, and rude. I would not want to get in my fathers face nor be around him if he was like T-ray. He seems like someone who would kill Lily once he found out where she was. And if i was Lily and i could sence that T-ray might hurt me. I would be scared to death, and i would never want him to find me. I also wouldnt want the police to find me. But that isnt as bad.

LipsettB - If i was lily i would be the most afriad of T-ray, I would not want to go home with him and be picked on all the time. But,if the police came, Rosaleen may be sent to jail or killed. So either way,it's not going to turn out great.

Week 3 Discussion Question: FarrellB- Do you think it was necessary for May to kill herself? Would you do that if you were in May's position? What would you do if your close friend of sibling killed their self?

LipsettB- I believe that May could have tried to take really strong thearpy or somthing more to help her. I know she loved her sister alot,but i wold not have killed myself to be with her. If i was in May's position i would have tried a little harder not to kill myself. I would try and think there must have been a reason that her sister died and not her. If i had a twin brother who died,i belive he would want me to live life to the full,and not kill myself cause i missed him. But i do not have a twin brother so i do not know how attached i would get. FarrellB- If i were May i would not kill myself. I know that having a sister who died is very hard to live with. But i wouldnt let it get to me. I would get help and try and talk to someone. I dont think that killing yourself is the way to solve it. And it jus hurts the other people as well. I agree with Brendan, if i had a twin sister who passed away, I can asure you that she would not want me to kill myself to make the world easier for other people.

Week 2 Discussion Question:** **__SamimiV__ -** Why do you think May get depressed by everything that happens? Can you, or do you know anyone who would relate to her problems?

**FarrellB- I think that May reacts the way she does because having a twin is like the other half of you, and when April died, a part of May died to, It kinda seems like she is craaazzzyyy ! I think it might be a desease that May has developped. Honestly i can't explain why she acts the way she does. I can't really relate to this. I have friends who get mad easily and friends who react quicker then other friends. But i have no friends like May**

BrufattoA - Like Brittany said April was a part of May. Maybe some of the things that they do might think back to April. It's can be differment to lose someone that you might know so much. Then acted differment when they are gone or something. But I can't relate to this Beacause I didn't have a sister or brother die. But my brother's live with my dad and i miss them like May does to April.

LipsettB- I agree with both of your awnsers. May has been attached to April ever sence they were born. They became part of each other and when April dies a part of May dies as well. It is diffrent losing a twin than any other family member. I can't relate personaly because my sibling has not died,but my dad is a twin and his twin is still alive,and i can see how much more attached they are then my dad and his other brother.


 * FarrellB- Lets just say if I had a twin sister that I was really attached to, then she died. Well i would probably be just like May. Having a twin is very different from having a regular sister. I can understand why May is the way she is. **

**__SamimiV__ -** I agree with all of you guys. I could not imagine what it would be like to loose a twin, especially if you were so close like May and April were. As Brittany said, I think that May developed some kind of disease or sickness which makes her depressed. One of my friends is very sensitive when something bad happens but not to the extent that he has to hum the melody to a song on his way to a stone wall and write down why he is upset.

LipsettB - May and April must have been really attached for May to get this upset all of the time. You can tell my dad and his twin brother are close because sometime they do stuff some much alike ,it can scare you. May and April must have been taht way,so May became very close with her twin sister.  FarrellB- In the beginging Lily talks about how she killed her mother when she was 4 years old. They have a colored house keeper to replace Lily's mother. On Lilys birthday Rosaleen the housekeeper takes her to town to get a present. As they arrive in town Rosaleen gets beaten by white men. To make it short: Lily and Rosaleen run away. The characters in he novel so far are Lily the daughter, T-Ray the abusive father and Rosaleen the housewife.
 * Week 1 Discussion** **Question:** **LipsettB - Give a brief summary of the first two chapters. Also, name all of the characters that are in the novel so far.

LipsettB - The novel starts when lily tells the reader about how her mother died when she was 4,and how bad her father treated her. The first of the novel also talks about lily's obsession with bee's. Rosaleen who is her father's black house keeper runs away with lily to attempt to find a home better than the one they were currently living at. The characters so far in the novel are, lily ( the main character ) T-ray (her abusove father) and Rosaleen( her house keeper more like a step mother).

LipsettB- Lily and Rosaleen have escaped from the hospital/Jail,and are now on the run from the cops and T-ray. They are heading for Turbin,Carolina. The boat wright honey company has taken them in off of the streets to live with them and work. Lily's life takes a new beggining. The characters in the novel to this point are, Lily,Rosaleen,T-ray and the BoatWright sisters.  FarrellB- Honestly i really like this book. But i would hate to be in the position of Lily. I would never run away and then lie to the people i was staying with. Also i wouldnt like being in a huge house with wonderful people, and then one someone who doesn't really lilke me. Ex; June Boatwright doesnt really care for Lily. Lily and Rosaleen seem to be really enjoying their stay at the Boatwright's house. I think it would be fun to stay at a house with lots of people, and work with hunnie and bees. What do you think? **