The Secret Life of Bees

Lily is impulsive and courageous when she breaks Rosaleen out of the hospital. What else do her actions tell us about her? Explain, again using evidence to support your observations.

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Lily shows ingenuity and quick thinking when she devises the plan to break Rosaleen out of the hospital. She calls the hospital pretending to be the jailer’s wife with instructions that the officer guarding Rosaleen must go back to the station. Once the officer leaves the hospital, Rosaleen and Lily walk out.

"You're lost, all right. You need to go to the other side of the building. You're in the colored section."
I smiled at him. "Oh."
Over on the white side of the hospital I found a pay phone next to a waiting area. I got the hospital number from Information and dialed it up, asking for the nurses' station in the colored wing.
I cleared my throat. "This is the jailer's wife over at the police station," I said to the girl who answered. "Mr. Gaston wants you to send the policeman that we've got over there back to the station.

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