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My eyes move from page to page scrutinizing each word like Susie Salmon watching her family live life. I have finished The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold. As the time keeps moving forward, the search of Susie Salmon’s murder continues. The police have found evidence that Mr. Harvey is the murder and now trying to find him. As the police continue that search, Susie is walker watching her family move on from her death until; she has reached her moment to go to her heaven. Many events in the story made me connect and evaluate. The Sister Hood of The Traveling By Ann Brashares is about a group of friends that all fit into a magic pair of jeans and they all agree to share the pants over the summer as they all go on their summer vacation trips. The …show more content…
The thought of losing someone that you love dearly is a dark thought that no one wants to think about. I have never lost a close love one that changes my life juristically, but in a way I affiliate with the Salmon family. As I read the ways the family reacted or how they responded to her death I know that I would not be like the mom. The mom gave up on everything. She cheated on her husband with the cop, who was investigated on the murder of Susie’s death. The mother also left her family to per sue her dreams, like live in California. In my opinion, if I were in her shoes, I would not leave my family. Family would be the one thing I would want to be with at the morbid moment of my life. Moving to California to chase my dreams at that moment of time would be wrong; unless I had my family they’re with me and for support. If I would be anyone in this moment of the story, it would be Buckley, Susie’s little brother and her father. I connect with how curious the father was about the murder of his daughter’s death. I would also be searching for evidence and wanting to know who killed her. If I was creative as Buckley and made a garden every year for his sister, I would do the same as

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