Blog Eight

“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.”

These words are spoken by August to Lilly, and while she is talking about bees, she is also talking about Lilly’s life, how it is involved with her life, and how she wishes to help.

The author does an incredible job in this literary work at using quotes that relate to multiple situations throughout the novel. At this point in the novel, the words August is speaking could be taken many different ways. She could simply be talking about bees, since that was what the focus was on in the moment that she said this, but it is more than likely she is speaking about something different, as that seems to be a theme with August. Here, I think she is speaking to Lilly about her life. Telling her, in a very non-aggressive way, that she knows that Lilly has a secret that no one else knows. While saying that she has taken the time to get to know the bees and the happenings about their lives, it is if she is reminding Lilly that she is there and willing to take the time to learn about her, and help her through the secret struggles of her life.

This is just one of many scenes in the book that show the strong sense of community, something the Author portrayed in a beautiful way.