Can you help me please....its for the book The Secret Life of Bees book....?

Question

i want help this book is so confusing....the way the people talk is confusing...can you tell me 3 main characters and they tell me what they each want and what problem each character faced....

Answer 1

I had to read that book this past year.  It was very good, but yes a little confusing.  I would recommend checking this site out as it provides *very* good study guides for many books in today's world.  

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/secretbees...

But for a quick summary, the main characters would be Lily Owens, August Boatwright, and probably Zach Taylor.  Lily is a white girl and wants a mother figure in her life, someone she can rely on for motherly love.  Since her mother died when she was young, she is lost and rather naive, which is shown when she does not know how to deal with fashion, her hair, racism, and love.  She finds several different "mothers" in this book, one of which is August Boatwright, who is an African-American beekeeper.  She believes in the Black Mary, a different version of the Catholic Mary, but just as holy.  She cares for Lily and understands her plight and teaches her a lot, as you'll read in the book.  Zach Taylor is an African-American boy who becomes Lily's love interest, and she becomes his in turn.  He is studying to be a lawyer and is a kind of ..role model for Lily.  Zach struggles with racism but he does not let it take him down and overcomes it.

Hope this help -> enjoy the book!