The current Novel I have read was The Secret Life of Bees, By Sue Monk Kidd. In this novel the present social issue is racism. "I've just never heard of a Negro Lawyer, that's all." (Kidd 120) The term Negro was a word used to discriminate against 'black people', that indicated racism. Racism is significant to the novel because it encounters events that only occurred to happened because of racists. For example the Civil Writes Movement affected one of the characters Rosaleen which allowed her to vote. This event caused three racist white men to attack Rosaleen and Rosaleen was the one who suffered from the crime the white men did. "Rosaleeen got thrown in jail," (Kidd 232) which was the outcome to this situation, and therefore caused a complication for the main character Lily who wanted to run away with Rosaleen to freedom. Sunday, April 29, 2012
Social Issue
The current Novel I have read was The Secret Life of Bees, By Sue Monk Kidd. In this novel the present social issue is racism. "I've just never heard of a Negro Lawyer, that's all." (Kidd 120) The term Negro was a word used to discriminate against 'black people', that indicated racism. Racism is significant to the novel because it encounters events that only occurred to happened because of racists. For example the Civil Writes Movement affected one of the characters Rosaleen which allowed her to vote. This event caused three racist white men to attack Rosaleen and Rosaleen was the one who suffered from the crime the white men did. "Rosaleeen got thrown in jail," (Kidd 232) which was the outcome to this situation, and therefore caused a complication for the main character Lily who wanted to run away with Rosaleen to freedom. 
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Well written Lauren!
ReplyDeleteBut should the page citation be (the authors last name then the page number?