Secret life of bees

Apparently all the girls are reading the secret life of bees, so you have to be nice with me. I realized I should have been one of the first people to post this post, cause when I read true the other posts, and I must say I agree with most of them. Anyways, her are my opinions.

I have never experienced liking a movie better than the original book. Never. (Not even twilight). In the book - secret life of bees we get to know Lilly in a different way, than in the movie. This is off course because we hear her inner thoughts and emotions, and honestly I really missed this in the movie. Many senses were missing in the movie. Especially when Lilly was laying in bed home in Sylvan, South Carolina were she was upset and sad. Even in the beginning of the movie, I was annoyed by the changed scenes from the book. I remember especially the scene were Lilly wants to show T-Ray all the bees in her room. This was after a long describstion about previous events between T-Ray and Lilly, which gave us a good understanding about the relationship between them. She also stud up for T-Ray so early in the movie that it just seemed like she was a rebellion child in my opinion. Moments that are important for us to understand Lilly were gone in the movie, and I thought that was a shame!

I guess I am the only one who thinks Lilly was a different person in the book compared to the movie. In the movie I got the impression that she was brave, strong and fearless - which is not the impression I got from the book. In the book I taught Lilly was so vulnerable, full out of guilt and had little confidence and belief in her self. Off course people act differently than what they really feel inside - but this was not the Lilly I knew form the book, not how she appeared to people either in my impression. So I was surprised over how brave she was in the movie.

Most people liked T-Ray after seeing the movie. I still hate him! Sorry guys, but he is full of crap. I liked the ending in the movie better than the book off course - cause of the last scene, but I still don't like him. Lilly wanted him to fight more for her, even though she didn't want to leave with him, she wanted him to finally show his care and love for her. And guess what.. HE FAILED AGAIN! Just cause a guy shows a "little" emotions doesn't mean he's okay. However, I get why people "forgive" him in the movie. Just that small talk about his feelings was a break trough for Lilly, but I think Lilly deserves better and the small break trough isn't enough for me!

I was happy with May, June and August! They were more what I imagined form the book, especially May - I really liked her part in the movie.

When it comes to the theme in the book, I think it is about forgiveness, courage and hope and faith. Forgiveness is central in the book in my opinion. Lilly for instance needs to forgive herself for what happened with her mother when she was four. I also think she needs to forgive T-Ray for treating her the way he did, and I believe she does in the ending (well in the movie) in order to move on with her life. All the sisters; May, June and August, Rosaleen and even Zack needs to forgive. Lilly said something beautiful in the movie before she and Zack kissed. She said that all the white men who bated him had anger, and therfore he needed to let go his anger towards them so he wouldn't end up to be just as bad as them! This was a beautiful quote by Lilly - and gets me to my point. They need to forgive the white people for there "sins". Faith is also a central theme in book I think. Faith and hope in yourself, faith to God, faith and hope for having a better future. Lilly, Rosaleen and Zack especially had faith about a better future, but than again also May and June. Courage for the way Rosaleen stud up for the white men back in Sylvan, courage for the fact that Lilly ran away form T-Ray.

Personally I think the story can tell us that we have the possibility to change our "faith" in life. If we are unhappy about something, we can change it. It might be tough and hard, but you we still have the opportunity. It is our own faith, and we can decide the course of it! If we are feeling unrighteous treated, we can fight - and win! I think the message in the book is to never give up and keep on fighting so off course the book is still current today.

Its too late for me to care about my writing spells!