"On leaving the old nest, the swarm normally flies only a few metres and settles. Scout bees look for a suitable place to start the new colony. Eventually, one location wins favor and the whole swarm takes to the air."
That is the outside quote before Chapter Two. As the quote begins, "On leaving the old nest,..", it already foreshadows the great change that is about to take place. This points out that Lily is about to go, leave the place she has been at all her life. "Scouts look for a suitable place to start the new colony." The feeling that is expressed by that part of the quote is Lily's indecisiveness. She knows she can no longer stay in this town, but going away would mean losing the peach orchard, the only place connecting her to her mother. Which is why Lily "flies only a few metres and settles" on the little town of Tiburon, SC. To her, this is the location that won favor, because it is a secret in her mother's past. Lily takes Rosaleen with her, since they have been together for a long time, and both need to get away from T.Ray, leave that behind and "take to the air."
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Very good. As I said to another student, breaking the quote up and placing it piece by piece into your analysis is a very good strategy.
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