Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Setting from Secret Life of Bees

Lily and T. Ray had a peach farm. At the entrance to the farm they had a big wooden sign with OWENS PEACH ENTERPRISES in the worst orange color you've ever seen. The sign was nothing compared with the giant peach perched atop a sixty-foot pole beside the gate. It's fleshy color, not to mention the crease down the middle, that gave it the unmistakable appearance one of a rear end. Lily and T. Ray lived in Sylvan on the worst side of town. Old houses set up on cinder blocks. Fans wedges in the windows. Dirt yards. Women in pink curlers. Collarless dogs.


In her description of talking about the peach farm. She didn't like her farm that T.Ray was raising, Lily absolutely hated it. She got made fun from the students at school whenever they drove by the farm. Lily didn't really describe how it smelt just the way it looked. If you read about what she describes the farm as and you imagine what it would smell like, I'm pretty sure it would smell like manure and peaches ALOT.

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