The Lovely Bones Analysis
Setting: Time and place
The novel ‘the lovely bones’ is set during 1973 to 1981. It is situated throughout a little town in Pennsylvania, which is near Philadelphia. The significance of the setting towards the story relates to the town being small and unknown, in retrospect it should have been a safe place for a young adult to grow up in. Your neighbours were treated like family and you would never have expected a tragedy such as this to occur in a little unknown town. The setting of the novel shows us that the worst things can happen when we least expect it and to the people who least deserve it. The author ‘Alice Sebold’ strategically wrote the setting the way it is to help readers realise that they should always be careful about whom …show more content…
The salmon family are loving, supportive and happy although Mr Harvey lives alone and had a very tough and unloved upbringing. Mr Harvey finds it hard to believe that even though the salmons have lost a much-loved member of the family, they still manage to get through and keep the bond they all shared with or without Susie. The novel is based heavily upon the Salmon family rebuilding their once perfect lives after the horrific murder of both a daughter and …show more content…
Susie’s little sister Lindsey begins to fall in-love with a young boy called Samuel. As Susie watches over her little sister growing up she cannot help but be envious of her, because she was never able to experience such feelings. Although we do not only watch love blossom unfortunately we also see former loves come crumbling down. As you would expect the strain of losing a loved one can either make relationships stronger or weaker. Unfortunately Susie’s parents were unable to cope, her mum left for a year to go work in a winery and deal with her pain alone and in her own time. Although at the end she comes back and Susie’s parents fall in love all over again.
Author’s Techniques
The time frame has strategically been set through 1973 to 1981 because back in this particular day and age murder and or rape was unfamiliar and in most cases an unheard of crime. It could also be the fact that we did not have the resources we needed back then to catch killers and rapists as there was no DNA testing during this time in our history. The author ‘Alice Sebold’ has set the book in this time because the death of this young adult took many by surprise and it was unjust but also common that Mr Harvey was never caught and
The novel ‘the lovely bones’ is set during 1973 to 1981. It is situated throughout a little town in Pennsylvania, which is near Philadelphia. The significance of the setting towards the story relates to the town being small and unknown, in retrospect it should have been a safe place for a young adult to grow up in. Your neighbours were treated like family and you would never have expected a tragedy such as this to occur in a little unknown town. The setting of the novel shows us that the worst things can happen when we least expect it and to the people who least deserve it. The author ‘Alice Sebold’ strategically wrote the setting the way it is to help readers realise that they should always be careful about whom …show more content…
The salmon family are loving, supportive and happy although Mr Harvey lives alone and had a very tough and unloved upbringing. Mr Harvey finds it hard to believe that even though the salmons have lost a much-loved member of the family, they still manage to get through and keep the bond they all shared with or without Susie. The novel is based heavily upon the Salmon family rebuilding their once perfect lives after the horrific murder of both a daughter and …show more content…
Susie’s little sister Lindsey begins to fall in-love with a young boy called Samuel. As Susie watches over her little sister growing up she cannot help but be envious of her, because she was never able to experience such feelings. Although we do not only watch love blossom unfortunately we also see former loves come crumbling down. As you would expect the strain of losing a loved one can either make relationships stronger or weaker. Unfortunately Susie’s parents were unable to cope, her mum left for a year to go work in a winery and deal with her pain alone and in her own time. Although at the end she comes back and Susie’s parents fall in love all over again.
Author’s Techniques
The time frame has strategically been set through 1973 to 1981 because back in this particular day and age murder and or rape was unfamiliar and in most cases an unheard of crime. It could also be the fact that we did not have the resources we needed back then to catch killers and rapists as there was no DNA testing during this time in our history. The author ‘Alice Sebold’ has set the book in this time because the death of this young adult took many by surprise and it was unjust but also common that Mr Harvey was never caught and