Love Letters To The Dead Themes
In the novel “Love Letters to the Dead”, by Ava Dellaira there are many themes and motifs in the novel. The one that stands out the most is Coming of Age. In the novel the main character is Laurel , she is a 12 year old girl who is starting her first year in high school. Through the novel she is trying to find herself and figure out how to deal with the loss of her sister, May. May was Laureles Older sister who Laurel looked up to. May was fearless and reckless as she was growing up and Laurel knew that when she got older that she wanted to be just like her. Her sister is no longer for her first year in high school and doesn't know how to be without her. She starts off as a little girl and by the end of the novel she is seen as a young strong
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She cares alot about what people think about her. She doesn't know exactly how to be, until she meets two girls from her english class who she becomes really close with. She wore one of her sisters band shirts the day that she met the girls and one of the girls completed her on it. Later on Laurel writes in her journal how May is the reason why she made new friends because she wore one of her shirts not thinking that it couldn't possibly be her on her own. She is relying on May and is still trying to cope with her loss of her. Through the novel is its afraid to wear her clothes and realizes that May will alway be apart of her but she doesn't need to be May to meet people. . through the normal you can tell that she's becoming a little bit more rebellious and is trying to become may just as she remembers her when she was a little girl. Laurel dealing with the death she feels responsible for. on the night of May is death. May tell her parents that Laurel and herself are going to the movies but later that night night May leaves to hang out with a boy that she met and leaves her sister with one of his guy friends. The guy friend eventually ends up I'll assisting Laurel and never tells May about it because she doesn't want to upset May. A couple of weeks later man Laurel actually do go to the movies and on the way home may in Laurel stop at the bridge. . her and may walk
She cares alot about what people think about her. She doesn't know exactly how to be, until she meets two girls from her english class who she becomes really close with. She wore one of her sisters band shirts the day that she met the girls and one of the girls completed her on it. Later on Laurel writes in her journal how May is the reason why she made new friends because she wore one of her shirts not thinking that it couldn't possibly be her on her own. She is relying on May and is still trying to cope with her loss of her. Through the novel is its afraid to wear her clothes and realizes that May will alway be apart of her but she doesn't need to be May to meet people. . through the normal you can tell that she's becoming a little bit more rebellious and is trying to become may just as she remembers her when she was a little girl. Laurel dealing with the death she feels responsible for. on the night of May is death. May tell her parents that Laurel and herself are going to the movies but later that night night May leaves to hang out with a boy that she met and leaves her sister with one of his guy friends. The guy friend eventually ends up I'll assisting Laurel and never tells May about it because she doesn't want to upset May. A couple of weeks later man Laurel actually do go to the movies and on the way home may in Laurel stop at the bridge. . her and may walk