Prompt:
"The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." --The Honey Bee
Response Required: Cover all parts of the question.
- Apply the quote to the events of chapter nine.
"The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." This quote is the perfect reflection of chapter 9 in every which way.
ReplyDeleteThis quote talks about communication and the ability to send and recieve messages. In his chapter, Zach is arrested for allegedly throwing a botle at a white man's face. This news would crush May, for she loved that boy ever so dearly. Her sisters decided not to tell May abotu this incident because they were afraid that it would crush May's morale and ruin her world on top of all of the feelings she is feeling at the moment. "'I don't see why May needs to kniw about this,' June said. 'It will do her in. You know she loves that boy.' Every one of us turned to look at August. 'You're right,' she said. 'It would be too much for May.'"
May has this special condition that causes her to be sad all of the time regarding everything aound her. This news would be the end of her world. And it turns out that it was.
The quote applies to chapter 9 because a lot of that chapter is about communication. During the water fight, Lily finally breaks June down and gets to communicate with her by seeing her other side, so now you could say that all the people in the house are a true "hive" since they all now really know each other. Lily expresses this feeling of togetherness, "I wasn't sure of everything we were laughing about-I was just glad we were doing it together." Communication and knowing a person is needed for effective teamwork with them, as with bees in a hive. It also means keeping those around you informed. May should've at least known Zach was in jail, because what hurt her a lot was that everybody left her in the dark. With the right communication as mentioned in the introduction, things could've turned out differently.
ReplyDelete"The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." --The Honey Bee. This quote applies to the events in chapter nine because in this chapter August, June, Roasleen and Lilly decided that they were not going to tell May what happened to Zach and how he is in jail. They didn’t tell her because they were afraid that if they told her should would be extremely sad because she loved Zach. They decided it would be in her best interest, to not know so they did not communicate with May about the incident. Then May decides to answer the phone one night and nobody thought anything of it but she found out that Zach was in jai and she was very upset on many levels. May was upset in the first place because she was sad to see that Zach was in jail and suffering sitting in one of those horrible cells. She was also upset because nobody had told her about Zach. This made her so upset and over whelmed that she didn’t even start to cry. “ To this day August and June wonder how our lives would have been different if one have them had answered the phone instead of May.” Said Lilly. August and June feel so bad that they allowed things to get this far and have a tragic ending. They are still wondering if it would have been better if they just told May when it happened. They are not sure if she might have handled the situation in a better way. At the time they thought not telling May was the best choice but it turned out to be the worst of choices. They also wonder about what would have happened if August just told May to sit down and she answered the phone because then none of May’s suicidal acts and sadness would have ever happened.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to the quote because when they say the society in the quote, it is referring to the sisters and how they depend on communication. Since nobody communicated with May she decided to do something unthinkable. Since May she did not have enough time to decode the information and talk to anyone she just became so upset and more depressed than she could handle. The whole chapter was based on how August and June did not communicate with everyone to let them know the news of Zach in jail . They thought it would be too much for May to handle so they should not tell her about this incident. Since they didn’t do that May found out and there whole plan of not telling May fell apart. This made for the worst possible scenario that anyone could think of.
"The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." This quote directly applies to chapter nine. This chapter was all about communication, and the lack of communication. At one point in this chapter, Lily finds May in the kitchen doing her mother's old trick with graham crackers and marshmellows to get a roach out of the house. This convinces Lily that her mother had been here, and then she decides to ask May if she knows her mother. May replies yes, and this overwhelms Lily greatly. Lily yearns to tell August what she has uncovered, but when she decides to, she finds out August is busy, and never confronts her. Later in the chapter, after Zach has gone to jail, the sisters, Lily, and Rosaleen all make a combined decision not to tell May about Zach's being in jail. This plan backfires on them when Zach's mother calls and explains to May the entire predicament, not knowing that May isn
ReplyDeletet supposed to find out. This, according to the sisters, should have torn May apart, and she would be at the wailing wall for hours. Instead she say, "I'm going to the wall...just me, just me." This was very odd. So, a LACK of communication played a big part in this chapter.
"The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." This is a very interesting quote. Not only is it interesting, but it also applies very well to chapter 9 in the book. One way this quote applies to chapter 9 is when Lily was told by May that Deborah stayed at the Boatwrights' house one time. May told her, "Oh, yes, Deborah Fontanel. She stayed out there in the honey house. She was the sweetest thing." Lily was very shocked by this. Her stomach felt very queasy for the next few days, and she dreamed that her mom was a giant bug. Lily restrained from asking August about her mother, and what she knew about her, because she was scared. I think she should've communicated with August, and should've sent her message across. Asking about her mother wouldn't build up any suspicion about her life. There was no risk in questioning August, because August knew that Lily's mom died when she was young, so Lily wouldn't know much about her because of that. It was important of Lily to get her message across, because she could've gotten so much more information about her mother staying at the Boatwrights', and what she was like. A lot of questions could've been answered for Lily, but she chose not to ask August about it.
ReplyDeleteAnother way this quote relates to chapter 9 is when May finds out about Zach being in jail. When she finds out, she acts like she hadn't ever before. She starts rocking back and forth on the floor, and is silent. She then goes to the wall, and insists going by herself. I believe August, June, Lily, and Rosaleen should've decoded this message May was sending out. It was very obvious to me that May wasn't acting herself, and was going to do something she had never done before. Apparently, it wasn't obvious to the others. In chapter 10, you find out that May killed herself when she left to the wall. August, June, Lily, and Rosaleen were very devastated, but they should've known something was wrong with May, and should've stopped her before anything bad happened.
This quote relates to chapter nine in a way. The quote says "The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." Lily wanted to know more about Deborah Fontanel, and when May left out graham crackers all over the place, it led Lily to information about her.
ReplyDeleteCommunication is important with bees and people but being able to decode what people are saying with thier eyes body language and if they have attitude is just as important if not more important. Bees need to know what they have to do and they have to communicate to do them even though they can't talk. Maybe if people had better communication skills the world would be a better place. For example May might still be alive if they realised Zach going to jail really pushed her over the edge. Also if the boys who got hit by a bottle could read people's expressions better Zach would not have gone to jail in the first place. People can talk without opening their mouthes but some people don't understand.
ReplyDeleteChapter nine is all about communication and the lack of it. The quote at the beginning of the chapter is "The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." At the beginning of chapter nine, August and Lily find May and Rosaleen having a water fight, laughing like little children. They taunt August and Lily into being involved. June comes down mad and attempts to take the sprinkler from Lily. They wrestle for the hose, and suddenly their moods flip and they begin laughing hysterically. This communication between Lily and June is somewhat like a silent truce. Later Lily comes into the kitchen and finds May using marshmallows and graham crackers to lead roaches out of the house. Lily asks May is she ever knew anybody names Deborah Fontanel, and May said that she did. This little blip of communication flipped Lily’s world upside down. It gave her hope that she would find out information about her mother. Towards the end of chapter nine, Zach gets arrested. In this instance, it shows how lack of communication can destroy things. August decided not to tell May about Zach going to jail because she didn’t want May to get upset by this. One evening, Zach’s mother calls the Boatwright’s house and May answers the phone. When May finds out that Zach was in jail, she is crushed. She shuts down. May goes to the “wailing wall” and this is the last time she is in the book.Chapter nine is all about communication and the lack of it. The quote at the beginning of the chapter is "The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication--on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information." At the beginning of chapter nine, August and Lily find May and Rosaleen having a water fight, laughing like little children. They taunt August and Lily into being involved. June comes down mad and attempts to take the sprinkler from Lily. They wrestle for the hose, and suddenly their moods flip and they begin laughing hysterically. This communication between Lily and June is somewhat like a silent truce. Later Lily comes into the kitchen and finds May using marshmallows and graham crackers to lead roaches out of the house. Lily asks May is she ever knew anybody names Deborah Fontanel, and May said that she did. This little blip of communication flipped Lily’s world upside down. It gave her hope that she would find out information about her mother. Towards the end of chapter nine, Zach gets arrested. In this instance, it shows how lack of communication can destroy things. August decided not to tell May about Zach going to jail because she didn’t want May to get upset by this. One evening, Zach’s mother calls the Boatwright’s house and May answers the phone. When May finds out that Zach was in jail, she is crushed. She shuts down. May goes to the “wailing wall” and this is the last time she is in the book.
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