Why does Lily call T Ray in The Secret Life of Bees?
While in the law office, Lily sees a picture of a loving father and daughter, so she calls T. Ray in the hopes that she will hear him longing for and loving her from afar.
What question does Lily ask T Ray before he leaves?
Lily runs after T. Ray as he leaves, yelling for him to stop. What does she ask him, and what is his response? She asks if it was really her who killed her mother.
Where does T Ray live in The Secret Life of Bees?
It is 1964 in Sylvan, South Carolina, and Lily Melissa Owens, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray, who is both neglectful and abusive. Lying in bed in her room at night, Lily is often visited by bees that seem to be at home with her.
Why do you think T Ray tells Lily about her mother before she starts school?
Why does T. Ray tell Lily about her mother? T Ray says that he wants Lily to hear about her mother from him before she starts school. He says he wants her to hear “it” from him, not from “people out there talking.”
What does T Ray reveal about Lily’s mother that devastates Lily?
It is so devastating that the longer she thinks about it, the more she believes it could be a lie from T. Ray. T. Ray tells Lily that her mother ran off and left her and that the day she died, she’d just came back to get her things, not Lily.
What does August do to help diffuse the situation between T Ray and Lily?
What does August do to help diffuse the situation between T. Ray and Lily? She gives T. Ray a way to let Lily stay.
What is Rosaleen’s response when Lily asks why she never told her what she knew about her mother?
What is Rosaleen’s response when Lily asks her why she never told her what she knew about her mother? Rosaleen says, “I didn’t understand what is meant.”
What did Lily decide to do after T Ray left the house?
What did Lily decide to do after T-Ray left the house? Lily decided to run away.
What is Lily forbidden by T Ray to do when she is on the job at the peach Stand?
Lily spends that day selling peaches out by the highway. T. Ray forbids her from reading while on the job. She likes reading and hopes to go to college, on scholarship, someday.