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Susie Salmon death, at the age of 14, had a great impact on the lives of her family members. In the book The Lovely Bones Susie was raped and killed in a gruesome way by Mr. Harvey. Jack dealt with the situation in a horrible way, because he was always depressed. He never liked to expressed his feelings, while Grandma Lynn was the complete opposite. She was the person that brought everyone's spirits up when everyone was depressed. Jack and Abigail had two different reactions to Susie's death and…

sings a song of hope and cheer there’s no more pain, no more fear. You’ll see her in the clouds above, hear her whisper words of love, you’ll be together before long, until then listen for her song. ~Unknown When one is told about the book “The Lovely Bones” the number one problem people have with the book is that how gruesome, violent, and how hard it was for them to get past the first 3 chapters; the first three chapters pertain to the murder of a young girl named Susie. However, maybe what…

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." (Sebold 1). The Novel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a story of a young fourteen-year-old girl named Susie. In this novel, Susie is raped and murdered leading to a great amount of grief for her and the people around her. Similarly, whenever Sebold was a young woman in college, she was raped leading to traumatic experiences along with being told she was “lucky to be alive” since…

In the novel ‘The Lovely bones’ written by Alice Sebold is about a 14 year old girl named Susie Salmon who got murdered by Mr Harvey. Susie finds it hard to grasp the fact that she has died and can't go back to her family. Instead she has to watch her family go through her death and not know what happened to her. Also, Susie has to watch her murderer get another target which happens to be her sister. I really enjoyed this book because you always want to know what would happen next to Susie or…

if their souls escape their body and roam around with the living? In this case, Susie Salmon in, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, sees it all, from every word said, every action made, and idea thought. Susie Salmon was just fourteen years old when a familiar face in her neighborhood took her life. Mr. Harvey raped and killed Susie after an ordinary day walking home from school. What made The Lovely Bones such a significant read was the first perspective narration. Susie was able to provide…

In her story, The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold illustrates the idea of dealing with grief by forcing the reader to suffer with Susie and her broken family. The death of a loved one can sometimes cause a person to experience the five stages of grief, and as a result, the person accepts loss and moves on. As Susie remains in the “in-between”, the five stages of grief are shown through each member of Susie’s family throughout the story as they try to cope with the tragedy of her death. Jack Salmon,…

adversity. This symbol plays a major part in the hope that a loved one will return, maintaining hope towards a healing process, and a hope for an individual’s secret to be kept. “Nothing is ever certain”. This main quote within the novel of the Lovely Bones is a way for the Salmons to believe that their daughter Suzie is still alive. The author Alice Sebold, explores the different ways in which people process grief when they lose a loved one. This is what Suzie’s father said when the…

My lovely Art Have you ever thing what is the art for the people? The arts are something that people love to look at, and they enjoy their time by looking at them. I chose a lovely picture that I would love to talk about in this essay, which is “Professor Donald Elder” because I can describe four things which are the think-looking, description of the work, analyze the line element, analyze the color. The most thing that attract people to love the art is the think-looking. Norman…

E.B. White, in his essay “Farewell, My Lovely”, writes about the legacy of the Model T during one of the hardest times in American history, the Great Depression. Through his writing, White reveals the significance the Model T holds to the ever-changing American culture. He uses the Model T to model the Great Depression, and to reminisce on memories of when the Model T was popular. He does this by introducing the Model T as a divine provision: “It was the miracle God had wrought.” The Model T was…

the world. She has written fictional stories along with a personal experience. Writing of her own experience impacted her to write some of her other novels. Lucky was written of her experience and later she wrote a similar fictional novel called The Lovely Bones. Going through such a horrible experience has forever impacted the way she writes. Alice Sebold was born in Madison, Wisconsin on September 6, 1963. She is the second child. While she was growing up, her house was filled with…