The secret life of bees begins with lily's discovery of bees in her bedroom. bees function as a central symbol and motif in the novel. they signify guides and guidance and demonstrate the power of a female community. rosaleen warns lily to watch out for the insects, but lily disregards rosaleen's warning and continues to try to capture them. what do lily's actions with the bees reveal about her character traits?

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”