1. The Secret Life of Bees Conflict Essay Notes on Conclusion Paragraph

2. OBJECTIVE The objective of the Conclusion Paragraph is to …
Bring your essay to a clear & logical ending
Strongly reassert your thesis and overall point
Provide a deeper understanding or life lesson beyond the book

3. Paraphrase your Introduction
(sentences 1 and 2)
Reconnect with your introduction, paraphrasing the general topic or overall idea
Reconnect your character with your overall idea

4. Conclusion Paragraph Example
(sentences 1 and 2)
It is easy to understand how someone suffering from severe mental and emotional issues would want to escape from whatever may be causing the problems.
However, when that person, Deborah Owens, is a wife and a mother, and her husband is the cause of her depression, her decision to leave her troubles behind can have serious negative consequences.

5. Reconnect with Types of Conflict
(sentences 3-4)
Reconnect with your three Types of Conflict
Summarize how they affected the character throughout the story

6. Conclusion Paragraph Example
(sentences 3 and 4)
Deborah’s inner sadness not only affected herself, but it also deeply touched those closest to her, especially T Ray and Lily.
Even though she eventually came back for Lily, her leaving in the first place had already done irreparable damage to both Lily and T Ray.

7. Reconnect to Thesis & Beyond
(sentences 5-6)
Reconnect with your thesis
Connect to the present-day world, OR
Finish with a general life lesson or deeper understanding

8. Conclusion Paragraph Example
(sentences 5 and 6)
Lily carried that pain with her throughout her childhood, never able to fill the emptiness left by losing her mother so tragically.
All children need parents, but this book is a reminder of that special bond comfort and love that only a mother can give her child.

9. NO NO NO!
Do NOT repeat your introduction exactly. Rephrase, not repeat!
Do NOT include a quotation in your conclusion
Do NOT bring in new information

10. ON A SEPARATE PAGE AT THE END OF YOUR ESSAY
Works Cited Entry
Works Cited
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life
of Bees. Penguin, 2002.
ON A SEPARATE PAGE AT THE END OF YOUR ESSAY