Certain animals are treated with care and respect, while others are treated as if they were just a pebble. This is because animals like elephants are sentient, while animals like rats are not. But ironically, they have the same intelligence. This is just like the racism present in the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. 1964 was not a good timeline for blacks. People were nothing more than sheep, treated differently because of their outward appearance. Kidd uses physical descriptions of some characters to support Lily's thoughts. In this story, Lily overcomes her own kind of racism towards a living person and a non-living object. Kidd's main message from the book, The Secret Life of Bees, tells readers that physical appearance does not change the fact that everyone is human because their personality is what truly defines who a person is. compared to sheep, who are treated differently due to their physical appearance. Just like sheep, blacks were treated differently than whites. Rosaleen trying to register to vote is a good example. When Rosaleen was going to town to register, three white men harassed her because she was black. One of the white men says, "Have you ever seen one so black?" Then, another white man says to Rosaleen, "Where'd you get that fan, nigga?" (page 32). In this quote, Kidd explains how the three white men think they have a higher social status than Rosaleen because she was black. This high-ranking thought extended to many people, which could not be easily restored. Racism was a major conflict for the characters and it was a problem they needed to solve. Since the blacks were looking down on them, they were taking... middle of the paper... ...pissing Lily, because she resented August's involvement in the white world. Since their personalities are what truly define who a person is, Kidd's main message from the book, The Secret Life of Bees, tells readers that physical appearances do not change the fact that we are all human. As a final lesson, Kidd was aware of the importance of treating others equally. The most important lesson of the story is that people must accept others for their personality and not for their outward appearance. If people were determined from the outside, how could we know their true feelings? Kidd demonstrates the harmful effects that inequality can have, but he also taught a lesson that will be equally important in the past, today and in the future. When people are able to accept others from within, this leads to equality within the human race, which resolves many conflicts in society.