Jack Salmon, father of three children, and husband of Abigail Salmon is a character known more than the rest of the diverse characters in The Lovely Bones. After the death of his eldest child, Susie, we can determine that Jack possesses the character traits of protectiveness, and guilt.
Jack possesses the character trait of protectivity as the burden of Susie’s death, and knowing the murderer behind it, has given him a sense to protect his remaining children. “His heart was pumping, but he could not feel anything but the knowledge in his brain. George Harvey had killed his last little girl” (137).
Jack also possesses the characteristic of guilt. Jack burdens himself with the guilt that it was no other than his own fault that his daughter died,
Jack possesses the character trait of protectivity as the burden of Susie’s death, and knowing the murderer behind it, has given him a sense to protect his remaining children. “His heart was pumping, but he could not feel anything but the knowledge in his brain. George Harvey had killed his last little girl” (137).
Jack also possesses the characteristic of guilt. Jack burdens himself with the guilt that it was no other than his own fault that his daughter died,