Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
The novel does a fair bit of obsessing over Sarah's finger. And for good reason – it's the symbol that holds together the different parts of the novel while also deepening its conversations about...
Setting
If you've seen The Beach (with Leonardo DiCaprio – oh, right, of course you've seen it then), or read Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca, you know that the most beautiful places can easily...
What's Up With the Title?
This novel is published under two names: Little Bee in the US and The Other Hand in the UK. Not one, but two great titles. And they go great together, like peanut butter and chocolate. We think it...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
"Britain is proud of its tradition of fleeting [sic] persecution and conflict." – from Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship (UK Home Office, 2005) According to its website, "the H...
What's Up With the Ending?
The novel ends at a pretty climactic moment in the lives of Little Bee, Sarah, and Charlie. They are all in danger of being arrested, harmed, or killed by the police on the Nigerian beach, where Li...