The Lovely Bones: The Five Stages Of Crime

The Western world is a region where development plays a large role. As our world modernizes itself, society progresses and demands increase. Today’s society suffers from class segregation, rather than benefits from it as it creates a divide. Concepts such as the poverty line make it simple to classify those who are of decent socio-economic status and those who are not. Suburbia, now, is a visible approach by the higher class to exploit resources and live segregate from more densely populated, diverse areas. Though, average middle-class families in the 1970’s were able to purchase homes in the suburbs. Over time, differences in suburban and urban society became prominent, one difference being crime rate. Although, crime rates now are significantly
Throughout The Lovely Bones, the Salmon family experiences the five stages of grief. Grief is known to stir trouble in lives; it disrupts work, school, and relationships for a significant period of time. People experience grief and pain in different ways and also cope in different ways. The Salmon family, specifically Lindsey, put herself in danger to find the truth about her sister’s death. Lindsey breaking into Mr. Harvey’s home for evidence and “[calming] and [focusing] herself to look for clues” (Sebold, 178) to prove her intuition, shows the impact crimes such as murder can implement into people’s lives. Ruth is also a victim of the effects of crime. Ruth, throughout the novel, experiences a dilemma involving Susie’s death. Ruth explains to her mother the day she remembers, "crossing through the faculty parking lot…[seeing] a pale ghost running towards [her]” (Sebold, 37). This causes Ruth to constantly think of Susie, think of murder and life. Ruth experiences heaven for a short period of time as a grown adult, finally resolving all the questions and the curiosity that accompanies death, the afterlife and the conflict within