Setting

The setting has a very big impact on this book because it has to do with bees and taking care of them in the outdoors, and how the bees brought Lily, Rosaleen, and April, May, and August together. In South Carolina, it was warm and that had an effect on the characters at some point in the book. Also, the setting had a backround to it, like with the pink house they all lived in and how August was Lilys Moms housekeeper and they lived in the pink house with the bees in South Carolina. The time period also had a great deal of effect in the book, Zach got in trouble a lot mainly because he was colored and he also got arrested at the movie theatre. Rosaleen tried registering to vote but she got arrested and she tried numerous times. In the end of the book it ends up that Zach goes to a white school and Rosaleen goes to register to vote again. This shows how time period affects ones life and how it changes over time.