The Graveyard Book is a novel by Neil Gaiman. It is about a boy called Nobody Owens who lives in a graveyard. He wandered in as a toddler after his entire family is murdered by a mysterious man named Jack. He is raised by a man called Silas who is vampire and the ghosts of the graveyard. This tale contains all the elements of a gothic novel – supernatural events‚ the theme of belonging‚ a gothic setting and other gothic stuff. This book places value on love‚ friendship‚ family and uniquely‚ independence
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About The Book: The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book is a children’s fantasy novel by the English author Neil Gaiman‚ simultaneously published in Britain and America during 2008. It is set primarily in a graveyard‚ where the boy Nobody Owens is adopted and raised by the occupants after his family is murdered. Gaiman won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Newbery Medal recognising
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Reading Assignment Summary The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. During a quiet night‚ a family of four sleeps in their home. In the darkness‚ the man Jack creeps inside and murders a mother‚ a father‚ and the eldest child. The youngest‚ an infant‚ escapes. The baby crawls down the stairs‚ toddles through the front door‚ and makes his way up the hill to a graveyard. When the child slips inside the creepy cemetery‚ he is taken in by the spirits of the dead residing there. Mr and Mrs Owens become his
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10/13/14 HUM1 THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is a prolific author best known for his legendary Sandman series‚ as well as other award winning novels and I with no hesitation can say that The Graveyard Book (also award-winning) is up to par with those standards. What initially intrigued me to read this book was when I learned that it was Gaiman’s nod to the classic‚ and one of my favorites‚ children’s story The Jungle Book. Like Mowgli‚ the protagonist‚ Nobody
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The Graveyard Book: A Novel Full of Fantasy Deciding if a work literature is fantasy proves to be a daunting task for any scholar. There are plenty of elements‚ themes‚ and motifs that furnish the fantasy genre as a whole‚ and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book without question encompasses a number of these. Through the lens of magic‚ the battle of good versus evil‚ and the presence of hope The Graveyard Book delivers a taste of fantasy literature‚ while also supporting the elements of the new mythology
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the director for the proposed film adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman‚ my intention is to embody the essence of the original award-winning novel in a cinema masterpiece. In order to fulfill this goal‚ there are several treatments that have to be satisfied. Beginning with the setting‚ a majority of this film will take place in a graveyard. The benefit to this will be keeping location cost to a minimum. There are over 120‚000 graveyards in the United States alone‚ so finding a site to film
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This passage is important in the story‚ The Graveyard Book‚ by Neil Gaiman‚ for it not only represents a turning point in the relationship between Bod and Miss Lupescu‚ but also shows how Bod begins to grow as a person. When Bod had first been introduced to Miss Lupescu by Silas‚ his first thought was‚ “She’s horrible!” Throughout this chapter‚ Bod’s view of Miss Lupescu seemed to become worser and worser through her appearance‚ her food‚ and even her lessons. However‚ once Bod had went through
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“The Graveyard’ She wandered the hollow streets not knowing where she was going. She was sad. Cold air whiffed through her and the smell of decay lingered on her nose. That snapped her back to reality. There‚ she stood surprised where she landed. She stood on top of a hill. The hill’s view was beautiful but at the same time‚ terrifying. The hill was surrounded by tombstones. Some were with flowers and some were not. On a distance‚ was a small church. It’s windows were tinted with different colors
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“There was a hand in the darkness‚ and it held a knife.” These are the first words of the fantasy book by Neil Gaiman called The Graveyard Book. The book is about an ordinary child who is in all was ordinary. Well other than the fact that he was raised in a graveyard by ghosts and a man who is neither living or dead that is. Nobody Owens (yes that is his real name) was nearly murdered when he was a baby. Although the murderer the man named Jack also known as Jack Frost failed to murder him‚ he did
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"Rattle his bones‚ over the stones‚ it’s only a pauper‚ who Nobody owns". During The Graveyard Book‚ something about the title just told me it was going to be spooky. Nobody Owens‚ known as Bod‚ could have been just as normal as any person‚ if he did not live in a graveyard. His "adopted" family were ghosts‚ ceatures of the dead and also Silas‚ who was his guardian. His real family was killed by a guy named Jack when Bod was only 18 months old. Bod is very curious and soon finds himself in danger
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