From up in what she calls "my heaven," Susie watches the repercussions of her death among her friends and family. She sees her broken parents crumble away from each other, her younger sister harden her heart, her classmates cling to each other for comfort. She watches…
After a traumatic experience some people hide their painful emotions by pulling away and withdrawing from those they have hurt. However, some are able to recognize the pain and harm they have caused from becoming disconnected from those they should be closest to, and do their best to repair the damage. Alice Sebold, Author of The Lovely Bones and Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner tell of dysfunctional responses to grief and emotional pain. Abigal of The Lovely Bones, and Amir of The Kite Runner are both emotionally immature, and do not know how to handle their feelings appropriately. Both these protagonists run away from their fears and pain and the ones who hold them close.…
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel focused on the life, and afterlife, of 14-year-old Susie Salmon. Salmon recounts the story of her brutal rape and murder at the hands of her neighbour, and centres on the mourning process of her grief stricken family. Moreover, the 2013 film The Book Thief, follows the life of orphaned Liesel, living in Nazi Germany. The story is narrated by death, and details Liesel and her family’s resistance against the Nazi regime through the theft of burning books, and the sheltering of a Jewish boy. Throughout the texts, there are a variety of common themes explored, including those of the duality of humanity, death & what happens after we die, and the love between family, friends & romantic partners.…
“Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night” The movie never had this line in it. The movie starts on the boat and in the book it starts on the island where this line is. That's why I like the book better than the movie in The Cay by Theodore Taylor. When on the raft for the movie it skips a part of the story which makes Phillip and Timothy closer the part of the book when Phillip falls into the water and gets chased by sharks. The movie has much less detail. As well as this also, it doesn’t say that Philip was scared on the island before, or that by climbing the palm tree Phillip completes Timothy's survival course.…
Alice Sebold’s number one national bestselling novel The Lovely Bones depicts the horrendous rape and murder of a small-town girl named Suzie Salmon. Suzie must then watch--from her own personal heaven—her family and friends struggle to cope and move on with their lives. The novel is set in the suburbs of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1973. Published in 2002, The Lovely Bones became an instant bestseller, and in 2010 it was released into theaters around the world.…
Among many books that were written and later made into films, the relation between the two can be vastly different, or practically identical. Though there are many similarities between the novel Hoot written by Carl Hiaasen, and the film directed by Wil Shriner, there are some differences as well. As a young man, Roy Eberhardt was a strange individual. Hoot, both the film and the novel, are based on a boy’s new life in Coconut Cove, Florida. As most would expect, starting a new life in a place that you’ve never been before, isn’t exactly a cup of tea. Roy grew up being the nerdy, low self-esteemed loser of all groups. But after being successful in making a few friends here and there, they come together to rise against an upcoming development site, where many of the indigenous “burrowing owls” would be forced to leave their nests. Though this is a very broad overview of the story line, there are underlining details within the novel and film that differ from each other. Hoot, the novel, was viewed as one of the best novels of the year in 2002 and was awarded a Newbery Honor award in 2003. Hoot, the film, was released on May 5, 2006. The film was generally regarded as unsuccessful in its initial theatrical run, and received largely negative to middle-rated reviews from notable film critics and film-review websites.…
“Nothing is ever certain” (Sebold 20). Jack was the one who gave Abigail this idea, but she clings on to this saying as if somewhere out there, Susie is alive, despite the recent…
The Lovely Bones" is a hauntingly beautiful novel that keeps you wanting to read more. The main themes in The Lovely Bones, are death, longing, and the Salmon family's long journey through grief. Death plays a large role in this story because Susie Salmon, a fourteen year old high school student, is brutally raped and killed while walking home from school one day. Mr. Harvey, her friendly, slightly odd next door neighbor, is the man who killed her. He enjoys killing things, and so as to avoid killing humans, he starts off by killing small animals, such as birds and mice, taking lesser lives to keep from killing a child. He then advances onto dogs and cats, and finishes off with humans. Susie is only one of his many victims, as he has killed a wide range of women- from six year olds to fifty year olds. When questioned by the police, Mr. Harvey says he is widower to a woman named Leah. Later on, he says his wife's name was Sophie. Whatever his latest victim's name is, that is the name he uses when people ask him what his wife's name. The Salmon family's journey is quite similar to Susie's. This was part of the reason she lingered around in a certain part of heaven for so long - Her heaven, which is described as the place that…
to be. A wildlife photographer” (Sebold 47). This quote shows that Susie is excited to use her new camera so she could fulfill her desire to be a wildlife photographer also Susie is positive because she is devoted on her dream and she is someone who strives for success. In addition, Susie is curious. This is seen when Mr. Harvey, the murderer, tries to impress Susie with his invention: “’I’ve built something back here,’ he said. ‘Would you like to see?’” … “’What is it?’ I asked. I was no longer cold or weirded out by the look he had given me. I was like I was in Science class: I…
In the print version, readers are free to imagine or picture any scene freely. It is up to their imagination what they want to picture in their minds. In the film, the eyes see what producers wanted you to see and that is it; you do not have the ability to imagine different colors or environments.…
A major downfall of the movies compared to the book is the added characters and storylines. While some of the added storyline help to clarify parts about the battle of five armies, it also serves to muddle up parts of the movie and making them hard to follow, such as the story line about the Necromanser and all the death he is bringing back to reclaim the mountain. Another one of these completely unnecessary use of additional characters and storylines is the love story between Kili and Tauriel. Even the addition of Tauriel’s character into the story of The Hobbit is completely unnecessary. Her love story with Kili doesn’t really serve to enhance the plot of the story, its use is just to lure the audience into a love story.…
Grief is a process that every individual deals with in different ways. While many variations of handling grief exist, no wrong or right method prevails. Unfortunately problems arise when a person’s approach to coping with the loss of a loved one greatly affects other members of their family. Such is the case in Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. Susie Salmon’s parents, Jack and Abigail, find it nearly impossible to deal with the loss of their teenage daughter. As evidence proving that Susie has been murdered continues to mount, Abigail holds on to a small shred of hope through the words “[n]othing is ever certain” (Sebold 20), while Jack is determined to find Susie’s killer. During this time, Lindsey Salmon, Susie’s sister, is forced to work through her grief on her own. In situations involving both her family and her peers, as well as herself, Lindsey Salmon indeed suffers the most.…
There is always a time in a person's life when they feel threatened by the fact that sometimes imminent death comes sooner to some than others. Alice Sebold talked about the results of that situation in The Lovely Bones. That person was, Susie Salmon, who was raped and killed on her way home from school, at the age of 14. The remaining four members of her family all deal differently with their grief throughout the book. Her father begins to obsess over finding the killer, her mother turns in on herself, beginning an affair with the investigating officer, and then running off to California to keep from dealing with the pain, and her sister, Lindsey keeps to herself but become’s very curious about the nearby neighbors and how they may be involved with Susie’s death. Although Susie has been murdered when she was introduced, oddly enough, this story is also about coming of age. She watches the life she left behind, from her own personal heaven, and how everything begins to shift and settle without her in it.…
“Nothing is ever certain,” says Detective Len Fenerman, when he informs Susie’s father about a body part that they have found. The mother of the death girl, Abigail Salmon turned in on herself after hearing that her daughter was dead. She kept holding on to a small hope from the words of Detective Fenerman but as evidence proving that Susie…
Watching the film from 1973 of “The Glass Menagerie” and reading “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams was interesting and to compare the two was interesting. The two have some similarities and some differences. “The Glass Menagerie” plot is about a lower-middle class family living in St. Louis. Amanda and Tom argue constantly, and Laura is both physically crippled and painfully shy. Laura spends most of her time polishing her glass collection and listening to old records. Amanda strives to get Laura to break out of her shell and either attend business school, or find a young man to marry. Tom longs to quit his job working in a shoe factory to pursue the adventures he envisions from the movies he…