Lovely Bones Essay
Introduction
The Lovely Bones ,written by author Alice Sebold, gives a brief description of the book in the first line of her novel, "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973" (Pg. 5). The novel is told through Susie, from the afterlife. She weaves back and forth in time from the date of her death in 1973, remembering her life, peering into the mind of her killer, and watching the love ones she left behind. Within the novel it appears difficult for certain characters to move on. Susie herself is stuck in the In-between, where she watches her father, Jack, constantly tries to solve her death and refuses to allow his daughters case to remain a mystery. The crime was committed by her neighbour, who is under constant suspicion and unable to move on from the brutal murder he had against Susie Salmon.
First body paragraph
Susie is the hero and the protagonist/narrator ghost of The Lovely Bones. This character was in refusal to move on, from the in-between of heaven and earth. This character helps to express the themes of sympathy and resentment, which are all based around her death, along with the techniques of 1st person narration and imagery. Moving on is troublesome within the novel. Susie refuses to move on when she is first killed. She wants to re-join the living and be home in time for dinner. Sebold has used the technique of first person narrative, to help create the theme sympathy for Susie Salmon, as she tells the reader, "I could not have what I wanted most: Mr Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect." (Pg. 20). Within this quote, it presents an opportunity for the reader to sympatric towards Susie. This shows how she prevents herself to move on from the in-between. This quote contributes to her feelings and presents the theme resentment also, which is directed to Mr Harvey. Susie feels heaven is not a nice place, compared to earth and considers it to be a punishment and thinks Mr
The Lovely Bones ,written by author Alice Sebold, gives a brief description of the book in the first line of her novel, "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973" (Pg. 5). The novel is told through Susie, from the afterlife. She weaves back and forth in time from the date of her death in 1973, remembering her life, peering into the mind of her killer, and watching the love ones she left behind. Within the novel it appears difficult for certain characters to move on. Susie herself is stuck in the In-between, where she watches her father, Jack, constantly tries to solve her death and refuses to allow his daughters case to remain a mystery. The crime was committed by her neighbour, who is under constant suspicion and unable to move on from the brutal murder he had against Susie Salmon.
First body paragraph
Susie is the hero and the protagonist/narrator ghost of The Lovely Bones. This character was in refusal to move on, from the in-between of heaven and earth. This character helps to express the themes of sympathy and resentment, which are all based around her death, along with the techniques of 1st person narration and imagery. Moving on is troublesome within the novel. Susie refuses to move on when she is first killed. She wants to re-join the living and be home in time for dinner. Sebold has used the technique of first person narrative, to help create the theme sympathy for Susie Salmon, as she tells the reader, "I could not have what I wanted most: Mr Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect." (Pg. 20). Within this quote, it presents an opportunity for the reader to sympatric towards Susie. This shows how she prevents herself to move on from the in-between. This quote contributes to her feelings and presents the theme resentment also, which is directed to Mr Harvey. Susie feels heaven is not a nice place, compared to earth and considers it to be a punishment and thinks Mr