Writing+Style


 * ​"At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched //zzzzzz// that hummed along my skin. I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest. The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down it's seam."**

This passage is the first paragraph of the book. It shows a lot of description and imagery. Also, in a way, it shows personification of the heart "splitling down the seam" because, a heart really can't split down the seam. Kidd puts a lot of details in her writing so that you can practically see yourself there or picture it almost perfect in your head. When she explains the bees and the sounds they are making, you can almost hear it. If you close your eyes and think of the bees coming in through the walls, you might be able to actually feel like it's happening. Kidd uses a lot of writing style in her novel, __The Secret Life of Bees.__ Amy R.   This passage is on page five of the first chapter. It really exeplifies Sue Monk Kidd's writing style. Kidd uses a lot of imagery in her writing. When you read her novel, you can just see what she is describing. Her desceriptions are very vivid and easy to picture. In this passage you can just feel the heat and see Lily's mother in full detail. Sue Monk Kidd gives you the opportunity to develop an image in your mind from what she creates with her words. Gina V.
 * "The day she died was December 3, 1954. The furnace had cooked the air so hot my mother had peeled off her sweater and stood in short sleeves, jerking at the window in her bedroom, wrestling with the stuck paint. Finally she gave up and said, 'Well, fine, we'll just burn the hell up in here, I guess.' Her hair was black and generous, with thick curls circling her face, a face I could never quite coax into view, despite the sharpness of everything else.** **I raised my arms to her, and she picked me up, saying I was way too big a girl to hold like this, but holding me anyway. The moment she lifted me, I was wrapped in her smell."**


 * "Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd trade in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now."**

I agree with Amy and Gina's paragraphs. Sue Monk Kidd uses alot of imagery, she makes you feel as if you were there as the story is taking place. But the paragraph I chose is different. It doesn't show the imagery that those paragraph show. Instead, my paragraph shows Kidd's ability to grab your attention and make the story memorable. She uses alot of inspirational quotes and passages. She really connects with the reader and doesn't let you forget her. There are so many inspirational quotes in The Secret Life of Bee's. Sue Monk Kidd really has a knack for both vivid imagery and intense, as well as inspirational, quotes. Emily W.