Elshaddai, post 2

"Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die." This quote is from the beginning of chapter eight. In a literal sense, it means that a bee can't live without its colony. In the book, it means that a person can't survive without having someone close to them to share things with. Towards the end of chapter eight, Lily tries to speak to her father, to see if he cared about her at all. Lily lived most of her life, practically, without both a mother and a father. She had no one to depend on but Rosaleen until she went to live in Tiburn. Lily felt like after her mother died, she died with her. The quote shows that Lily finally found a life once she found people who actually support her.