The Lovely Bones Character Traits

In the novel, “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold, I have analyzed Susie by designing a bedroom which reveals her character traits. Susie is a round character who has many character traits which are virtuous but also the immoral. She has experienced a devastating death which made her a cold-hearted individual from a caring, loving, and curious girl. Susie has many positive traits that outshine her negatives. Firstly, she’s a caring character who affections her family, “I’m worried that my sister, left alone, would do something rash.” It reveals the care she possesses in her inner soul towards her family which is why she tends to overlook every move they make. For example, I chose to put binoculars, telescope, and newspaper because it signifies her observing them from heaven …show more content…
Moreover, she’s a responsible individual with liability that receives respectable marks in school and extremely talented. Moreover, she also tends to have negative traits like most of us because nobody is perfect. Curiosity is a tremendous factor in Susie’s character traits which led to her demise by following Harvey on a dark night; she’s always trying to figure the minds around her and eagerly tries to investigate more, “I was no longer cold or weirded out by the look he had given me, I was curious.” It reveals the curiosity within her that cost her life and compels to continue investigating Harvey further into his past. For example, I added a magnifying glass which has the purpose of investigation and the snapshots on the ground represents of her taking a step back further to know about Harvey’s past with his mother. Also, Susie is still instilled with fear that makes her suffer through dark moments which she wants to forget. But she “remains afraid and tends to live by regret.” She regrets and blames herself for her curiosity which may have cost her