The Secret Life of Bees

All in all, I enjoyed watching The Secret Life of Bees. The movie evoked many emotions. I shed tears, laughed, felt empathetic and proud all throughout the journey of these particular characters.



I was proud of Jennifer Hudson's character when she stood up to the white men as Dakota Fanning's character and her were running away. I felt Hudson's character's pain as she was being beat up so bad that she had to be placed in the hospital. I was suprised when Fanning's character snuck her out and felt happy when they got out old of the hospital before Fanning's character's father could catch up to them.



The journey to the house where the mother once ran away to was captivating and Jennifer and Dakota's character's tenure there was interesting to watch. I enjoyed watching Alicia Key's character get upset about Queen Latifah's character allowing them to stay. It was sad to watch May's character weep and learn of her story about her twin dying and the way it affected her whole life.



I agree with a previous blogger that stated that it was unpractical for Fanning's character to be able to afford to have a nanny. In addition, I was mad that Fanning's character's love interest took her out to the movies during a time when segregation was still in heavy affect. It showed the black boy as being ignorant to reality. This worked against him and affected May's life so bad that she committed suicide.

I was pleased to see the scene where they were all playing outside with the water hose. I was glad to see when Alicia Key’s character finally accepted Dakota’s character. It was good to see that she could put her aggression to the side for just a moment and let go and have fun. Her character seemed to be too proud. Almost to the point where she lost the person she loved and will soon marry.

The movie was powerful. Tears and laughter engulfed the movie theatre. Viewers seemed to grow attached to these characters, experiencing the pain and laughter at the same moments as the characters in the movie.