Culture In Jane Smiley's A Lovely Bones

The character holding my attention is Susie, who was the victim of a brutal rape and murder committed by her neighbor, Mr Harvey. I enjoyed that Susie watches over her family and tries to help them cope with her death, but only drives her family away from each other. The character's conflicts in the story is trying to keep her family together, help the cops and her father find the murderer. She also protects her sister and brother from losing their family all together. I can connect this book to my personal life because some days I feel like a dead ghost or angel helping others without their knowledge of my existence. Susie is a realistic angel who’s helped make decisions for the people she loves and left on earth.

The Setting of the book is in some town in the middle of the United State of America in the 1970’s. in the beginning of the book the story takes place during the end of winter after Susie’s Winter Formal. She was walking through the corn fields when her …show more content…
The culture is around a middle class neighborhood near a rural area, but not farmlands, but not close to a city where they get. I am an insider to this cultural because I live in suburban New York City borough with parents from the 70’s which allows the culture of the story to affect my ability to understand the book in any way, shape or form
The mood of the book is to live your life to the fullest and live while you're young because you are not promised tomorrow or the rest of your day. This theme also is shown throughout the plot of the story. The plot is complimented by metaphors and symbolism. Because of how the story is written there is no known form of foreshadowing in the story, but there are parts where you can guess what would happen next due to the environmental vibes flowing through the story. These devices allowed the story to be really appealing to the reader from all age categories, My wonderful and smart literature