The Lovely Bones
LOVELY BONES
THE LOVELY BONES written by Alice Sebold is a story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms that she is actually dead and she has to adapt to her new life in heaven. This novel is hauntingly and beautiful and it keeps you wanting to read on.
I find Jack Salmon, Susie’s dad very interesting. I find that the author made him a very unique character. Jack is the frustrated hero of the piece. He's the loving father who knows the truth of his daughter's murder, but can't seem to prove it. His struggle to move on causes him sadness and stress. He tries to move on and faces the truths of his world, as well as trying to keep his loved ones and himself from going mad over what's happened to Susie. He even manages to hold down his accounting job. ‘’I’m trying to let go of the past’’. Jack believes in Susie's ghostly projections and listens to what she has to say. He knows that she’s out there and all he wants is to be close with her. I think the main reason why Jack is finding it hard to cope after his daughters tragic death is that he feels guilty that he was unable to be there for her when she needed him the most. Jack tries to focus his attention on his two surviving children, but he always finds himself thinking of Susie and his guilt. ’’She’s never coming home.’’ Jack goes through great lengths to prove that he knows the truth of his daughter’s death and won’t stop for anything or anyone until he gets down to the bottom of the truth. In the end all he can do is put the past tragedies behind and move forward with his life and start being there for his family. This is what made the novel very interesting but also nothing like I have ever read before. In our society today most fathers who have been in a similar situation take it out on other family members and they result in getting depressed and mentally unstable and that
THE LOVELY BONES written by Alice Sebold is a story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms that she is actually dead and she has to adapt to her new life in heaven. This novel is hauntingly and beautiful and it keeps you wanting to read on.
I find Jack Salmon, Susie’s dad very interesting. I find that the author made him a very unique character. Jack is the frustrated hero of the piece. He's the loving father who knows the truth of his daughter's murder, but can't seem to prove it. His struggle to move on causes him sadness and stress. He tries to move on and faces the truths of his world, as well as trying to keep his loved ones and himself from going mad over what's happened to Susie. He even manages to hold down his accounting job. ‘’I’m trying to let go of the past’’. Jack believes in Susie's ghostly projections and listens to what she has to say. He knows that she’s out there and all he wants is to be close with her. I think the main reason why Jack is finding it hard to cope after his daughters tragic death is that he feels guilty that he was unable to be there for her when she needed him the most. Jack tries to focus his attention on his two surviving children, but he always finds himself thinking of Susie and his guilt. ’’She’s never coming home.’’ Jack goes through great lengths to prove that he knows the truth of his daughter’s death and won’t stop for anything or anyone until he gets down to the bottom of the truth. In the end all he can do is put the past tragedies behind and move forward with his life and start being there for his family. This is what made the novel very interesting but also nothing like I have ever read before. In our society today most fathers who have been in a similar situation take it out on other family members and they result in getting depressed and mentally unstable and that