Differences Between Secret Life Of Bees Book And Movie

The main idea of this essay is to show the similarities and differences between the book and movie of the Secret Life of Bees. The secret life of bees is about a white girl named Lily who runs away with her black maid. She runs way because of her abusive father that has been a complete and total jerk ever since Lily supposedly shot and killed her mother at the age of four. Lily and Rosaleen ( the black maid ) head to tiburon to find a place to stay until they can get farther away from Lily’s father. They meet the Boatwright’s, three african american ladies who make honey, who are happy to take them in except for June who is a little hesitant at first because June is racist towards white people. Lily helps make honey and she meets August’s helper, Zach who is going to school

The first difference I’m going to cover is that the black madonna honey played a big role in the book on the other hand it didn’t matter so much in the movie. For example the movie didn’t have “ Mary Day ” although the book did, and that day showed how Lily was becoming part of the community when she helped make the honey cakes and all the other festivities around “ Mary day ”. The second difference I found was Lily and Zach's relationship. In the book it seemed like they fell in love however in the movie it seemed like they were nothing but friends that worked for the Boatwright’s. I feel that the director did that to focus more on Lily trying to figure out if her mother had really been killed by her or if she just ran away like the first part of T. Ray’s story.
The last difference I realized was Rosaleen. She seemed pretty tough in the book but on the other hand she was made out to be a quiet, kind of easy going maid. For example when they are staying at the Boatwright’s Rosaleen doesn’t talk more than a conversation or two in the movie, yet in the book she talks to almost everybody and asks questions.