Eliza Naumne the central character in the novel "Bee Season", by Myla Goldberg is an eight year old girl that goes though an extensive growing period though-out the course of the novel. The reader is given insight on her development through the narrative of third person omniscient. She starts the novel as an average child and becomes a champion speller, hence the title "bee season". Eliza starts the novel as 'nothing' and ends as 'something'. …showed first 75 words of 1140 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1140 total…her teachers and class-mates. One could say Eliza has grown from a girl to a woman. <Tab/><Tab/>The novel bee season entails the development of the central character Eliza Naumann. Eliza starts the novel as and Average child and ends the Novel as a mature young lady. The extensive development that sparks this change in Eliza's character is a major theme with in the novel; self-development.