August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette."
- How does she compare the world to bees? What IS bee yard etiquette?
- In what ways has "bee yard etiquette" impacted the characters in the novel so far?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Wk. 2 Option #4 Bee Yard Etiquette
Prompt:
August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette."
Response Requirement:
August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette."
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August compares the world to bees. She says the world is one big bee yard. 'Bee yard etiquette' is how you should behave when you go by a hive. "...Don't be afraid,as no life-loving bee wants to sting you." This means you should not act scared. You should where long sleeves and long plants and also not act like an idiot. Don't swat the bees because if your angry agitates the bees. August said you should whistle because it lowers the bee's temper. "Above all, send the bees love." She also said you should love the bees because everything wants to bee loved.
ReplyDeleteThe 'bee yard etiquette' impacted the characters in the novel so far because Lily wants August to send her love so she could keep her forever. Lily doesn't want to go back to Sylvan. Lily doesn't want to go back to T. Ray and really wants to stay in Tiburon. The bee yard etiquette impacted August by letting Lily stay at her house. "Who's gonna take them in if we don't- a white girl and a Negro woman?" August gave Lily and Rosaleen love because she knew no one else would take them in. If August didn't follow the 'bee yard etiquette', Lily might have went back to Sylvan. She might have thought she can't any information now and go back home.
The most important part of bee yard etiquette is sending the bees love from when you open the hive to when you collect the honey. "The same rules work fine in both places," it says when August compares the world to a bee yard. You shouldn't be too afraid nor too stupid, and never try to hurt a bee. Especially send them love, since "every little thing wants to be loved". Technically, bee yard etiquette is just the rules of life applied to bees, whose hives also work like a more perfect human society. At this point in the novel, Lily and Rosaleen have gotten into serious trouble by not following "bee yard etiquette". First, Rosaleen poured snuff on the racists' shoes after they made fun of her, violating the rule of never hurting another person just like you'd never hurt a bee, because it would sting. When the two have followed the etiquette, it has paid off a lot. Lily wasn't afraid to rescue Rosaleen from the hospital against the odds, and still loved Rosaleen when they were on the run, despite the conflicts they'd had, until they arrived at the Boatwrights', who lived almost completely by the bee yard etiquette that August used.
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Language Arts, Period 7
March 25, 2011
Week 2 Option 4
August reminds Lily, “that the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places.” She says you shouldn’t be afraid of the bees or of life. Be smart about bees and wear long pants and long sleeves and also be smart in life. Don’t swat at bees, which also means don’t hit in life. You should whistle which calms the bees and can calm yourself when you are angry. Be confident around the bees even if you don’t know what you are doing. You should also be confident in yourself in life. The most important thing August says is to “send the bees love.” She says that everyone wants to be loved. In life we should show everyone we deal with love.
The “beehive etiquette” has impacted the characters in the story so far. One example is that, instead of swatting at the bees and getting all upset and angry at things, May calms her self down by going to the “wall” like someone around bees who whistles. Zach and Lily show each other love while dealing with each other. Both Rosaleen and Lily show each other love after Lily’s mom died. August shows Lily and Rosaleen love after she lets them stay at her house.
When August teaches Lily "Bee Yard Etiquette", she is really just listing a set of rules that occur in human society and everywhere, really. As in, don't threaten or look like you're threatening others, send love to them, and do not intrude them. These same rules apply everywhere in the universe, and they have impacted the characters in The Secret Life of Bees quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteActually, to clarify that a bit, it is not really impacting their lives, but the characters in the Secret Life of Bees could really use some "Bee Etiquette". Take June, for example. She could be helped by not openly expressing her feelings about Lily, and not hating her for no apparent reason. Or Rosaleen. Sure, it's good to oppose racism and prejudice, but there is a point where you should just stop. After being beaten up twice by a group of angry white racists, it would be wise to simply give in to their demands and apologize. Though I suppose that not apologizing shows courage and stubborness.
August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette". August tells Lily not to be afraid because no bee wants to sting anything. Also, she tells Lily not be an idiot - always wear long sleeves and long pants. She tells her to never swat. Calm the bees by whistling. "Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't". And the most important thing of all is to send the bees love because everything wants to be loved. She says that "the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places".
ReplyDelete"Bee yard etiquette" has impacted the characters in the novel so far. Lily is trying to act like she knows what she's doing when she lies to the Boatwright sisters. August sends Lily and Rosaleen love even though she knows that they are lying. Also, Neil gives June love but she is running away from it. She wants to be loved and she wants to love back, but she's just too afraid.
Bee yard etiquette is a way of treating the bees. It relates to the world and people too.
August obviously knows about life. Comparing bees to the world made perfect sense. Augusts' lesson: "the world was really one big bee yard. Don't be afraid. Still, don't be an idiot. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. Anger agitated, whistling melts the bees temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every living thing wants to be loved." Now those are life lessons you should follow. And that's what bee yard etiquette is. How to be, with the bees.
ReplyDeleteAugust is no hypocrite. She thanks the farmers by giving them 5 gallons of honey, even though they love her bees. She never neglected her bees, and was always there for them.
August compares the world to bees by saying that people and bees are the same. That you shouldn't be a afraid of people because no nice person would harm you. Also don't be stupid and never start any fights you don't need to, "don't swat". Act like you know what you are doing even if you don't. Above all give love to get love back.
ReplyDeleteThe bee yard etiquette impacted the characters in a few ways. When Lily and Rosaleen met the Boatwright sister. They weren't afraid of them and therefore the sisters were nice to them and provided them a place to stay. When Lily was lying to the Boatwright sisters and making up a story. She acted like she knew what she was doing and sold it. August showed love to Lily and now Lily thinks of August as her role model and gives her love back. This is how "bee yard etiquette is shown in the story.
August lives for bees and the bee yard. She would be out there all day if it was up to her. she compares the world and most things in it to bees. August says, "the world is really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places: Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and long pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting...Act like you know what your doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love." That, in words, is bee yard etiquette.
ReplyDeleteAugust lives her life by bee yard etiquette. By letting Rosaleen and Lily live with her and for August to love them like she did shows bee yard etiquette. Lily came into the Boatwright's house, acting like she knew what she was doing, when we, as the readers, knew she didn't. Bee yard etiquette applies to many characters in Secret life of Bees.