The Lovely Bones Character Analysis

After a loss in a family, it’s hard for the loved ones to cope. It seems surreal to them that someone so close to them was gone, never to be seen again. In “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold, the main character, Susie Salmon is raped then murdered. Each of her family members is traumatized by her horrific death and goes through stages of recovery in their own way. Susie, who has gone to “her heaven”, is coping with her own death as well. The poem, “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” by Mary Frye is an example of what she is going through. She seems to be always with her family, looking down from the gazebo in her heaven. The death of a loved one can make a huge impact on a family, unveiling other problems, taking time to recover from these