A symbol in this book could be the beehive, it has the same concept of the Boartwright residence and the sisters serve the purpose of the bees. In a beehive you only get what you put in and that is what the bees do is work on their beehive to try and produce honey in the hive to creat a stable place for them to live. The Boatwright house is the same with the sisters and everything they do for there community from work and their reputation to fighting racisim and battling for womans rights.
A theme in this story would have to be "love and need for a mother". The whole book Lily's main goal is to get that love and campassion she never received from T.Ray. Some readers say that Rosaleen took on the role of her mother but I think if anything she had taken on the role of her sister. Lily is more drawn into the idea of having a mother because she can not remember the last time she had one. She just wants someone to love her and care for her and thats when August explains to her that Mother Mary is everyones mother and she should accept the love from her if she wants that feeling back.
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