Analyzes how lily owens changed the most in sue monk kidd's novel, the secret life of bees. She is a Seven when the book starts out, but becomes an Eight at the Ceremony. She, like all the older men and women, is looking forward to her death or release. Analyzes how sue monk kidd's "the secret life of bees" portrays a young troubled lily owens who longs for answers about her mother and the power and strength of female community. Who is the antagonist in Anne of Green Gables? Allowed HTML tags: