Rosaleen, Lily’s nanny is also a key character in this book, as she too escapes with Lily, as they attempt to escape from the hatred they have experienced. In the “Secret Life of Bees” Kidd presents a strong message about racism. The novel is set in 1964, which is right after the Civil Rights Act in South Carolina, Tiburon. African American people still experienced racism; they do not have the right to vote even though the Civil Rights Act has already occurred. Lily’s African American nanny and also her only friend, Rosaleen was trying to vote, but the police put her in jail.
Later on, Armand burns anything that belongs to Desiree and feels like he doesn’t love her anymore just because the shame she brought to his family. But he finds a letter from his mom saying that she was black. It was not Desiree who carried the Negroid blood, but Armand. 3. The main characters of the story are Desiree and the baby being the protagonist.
It then turns into long shot of the station wagon turning a corner at a fast speed Jeanie not knowing a police officer is just around the corner. The cop turns on his sirens and begins to chase Jeanie. It then cuts to a close-up of a man barbequing steaks on a grill with a Pepsi in his hand. Out of the bushes comes Ferris and as the griller turns Ferris grabs the Pepsi out of his hand. It then cuts to a long shot of Ferris and a close-up of a jeep Ferris in front of the house drinks the Pepsi while running.
Five Socs, including Bob and Randy, get out of the blue mustang and want to fight. Ponyboy spits at them and a Soc grabs him and holds his head under the fountain water until he passes out. When he wakes up, he sees Bob dead and Johnny holding a switchblade. Johnny says that he killed Bob. They go find Dally and he gives them clothes, fifty dollars, and a loaded gun.
Com 9 12/11/12 CASE STUDY 1. Shawna and Ray started to argue because she had set up an appointment with a client during the time she was supposed to watch the kids while ray worked on grading papers before heading out to his mothers birthday party. Ray got mad and reminded her about the arrangements they had made and Shawna had completely forgot. He told her that she better call and reschedule the appointment and that she always puts her career before the family. Shawna became angry, she felt that is was not true and the only reason she cared so much was because she was doing it for the family.
Miss Gates talks about how Hitler is evil for killing all the Jews, and how being prejudiced against someone for their religion is wrong, yet she is racist against black people. So, she is a hypocrite for saying it is wrong to judge someone by their religion, but it’s ok to judge black people for their colour. Her ideas are widely the same as the people of Maycomb making it a racist and hypocritical community. 33. Bob Ewell attacked and followed Jem and Scout home, he jumped out in front of them but Jem pushed him which then made him fall on his own knife, which then killed him.
Therefore, the black community in Maycomb was crippled with fear. A fear that they will get lynched for a crime they did not commit. Stereotyping is a human instinct. We will always stereotype people's race, class and families. When Aunt Alexandra lived with the Finches, she said this to Scout about the Cunninghams, "Because he is trash, that's why you cant play with him.
He is almost completely shunned from the town because he is trying to help a black man accused of rape. Mayella had told Tom, “I said come here, nigger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me, I gotta nickel for you.” (p.241) She had tricked him to coming over to her. Then that’s about the time when she accuses him of rape. He had felt sorry for her, which is why he was falsely accused in the first place. Courthouse segregation was one of the biggest bits of racism I found in this book.
When Bont adds attempted murder to his other crimes, the demoralized village finally calls him to account. Bont’s sentence and death highlight the grievous punishments given out. Bont cares nothing for his children and they live in fear of him, just as Anna did as a child. Anna also remembers the ‘scold’s bridle’-an iron cage that was fastened over the head of a woman who offended her husband- and the way in which her mother was lead around in it by Bont ‘yanking hard on the chain so that the iron sliced her tongue’. Although Bont has virtually no redeeming qualities, Brooks nevertheless elicits some sympathy for him when the shocking events of his boyhood are revealed.
One of the men says “looks like we have a model citizen”. Then Rosaleen takes her can full of snuff spit and pours it all over the men’s shoes. After a small fight police show up and arrest Rosaleen and they bring Lily along with them in the car. When they get to the police station T.Ray picks Lily up and leaves Rosaleen there. When they get home T.Ray puts Lily in her room and she screams”I HATE YOU”.