Secret Life of Bees Quotes and Points – Flashcards
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Rosaleen being beaten after pouring snuff juice on white mens' shoes
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Example of racial violence in book
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Tamir Rice: Shot after toy gun mistaken for real one by white police
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Example of racial violence in reality
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"Look what we got coming here. Where're you going, ***?"
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Example of verbal discrimination in book
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"Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"
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Example of verbal discrimination in reality
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"There ain't gonna be any place that will take a coloured woman"
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Example of everyday racism in book
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2010: African Americans receive 10% longer sentences in federal court than whites for same crime
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Example of everyday racism in reality
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Racism and being comfortable with yourself and your mistakes
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Themes in SLOB
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Forgiving yourself, body image and realising you are loved
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Points for being comfortable with yourself and your mistakes theme essay
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Racial violence, everyday prejudice and verbal discrimination
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Points for racism theme essay - why its still relevant today
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"I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right, I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one"
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Quote about Lily's body image
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"Mother, forgive. Please, forgive." "This is what I know about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away."
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Quote about Lily not forgiving herself and asking for forgiveness
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"I am unlovable"
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Quote about Lily not feeling loved
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"I might as well have worn a sign on my back: 'I am not popular and never will be'"
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Quotes about Lily's popularity (relating to low self-esteem)
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Letting out her emotions, forgiving herself and better understanding her mother
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Points for event essay - why was it important for Lily?
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"It hurts, I know it does. Let it out. Just let it out" "With my mouth pressed against her dress, it seemed like I drew up my whole life load of pain"
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Quotes about Lily letting out her emotions
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"Listen to me now. That's a terrible, terrible thing for you to have to live with. But you're not unlovable." "I guess I have forgiven us both"
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Quotes about Lily learning to forgive herself
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"I wish she'd rotted in there" "Everyone on the face of the Earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a big mistake, but she tried to fix it."
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Quotes about Lily better understanding her mother
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"There was such a powerful need in me, pent up for so long, to speak about it, to say the words".
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Lily explaining her need to talk to T.Ray about her mother's death
