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    The Lovely Bones

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    For my book of the month I chose to read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. The book was an amazing experience because it was very exciting‚ it drew wonderful pictures in my mind. This book was heartfelt‚ but yet at times it was funny. this book had a great message and i enjoyed reading it. The characters in the book were excellent. the author made them very believable and realistic. My favorite character was Lindsey‚ Susie’s younger sister. If one of my family members died I think I would be

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    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

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    What literary techniques has Alice Sebold used to lead readers to sympathise with the characters In The Lovely Bones? ‘The Lovely Bones’ was written by renowned author Alice Sebold‚ who utilized various literary techniques to enhance our understanding and enjoyment of the novel. Rather than just writing about the rape and murder of fourteen year-old Susie Salmon‚ Sebold instead focused the narrative on Susie rising to Heaven where she watched over her killer Mr. Harvey‚ her love Ray Singh and

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    ISP Essay Being isolated and feeling lonely is a terrible feeling for most people. “The Lovely Bones‚” by Alice Sebold‚ is the story of a dead girl‚ Susie‚ who tries to help her living relatives discover the truth of her murder at the hands of Mr. Harvey‚ her neighbor. In this book‚ the author reveals the ugliness of murder‚ grief and extreme loneliness. As Susie experiences these feelings‚ she grows as a character and her attitude towards her family dramatically changes. The first step to relieving

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    The Lovely Bones Symbolism

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    The Lovely Bones In Alice Sebold’s moving novel The Lovely Bones‚ Sebold explores various elements of humanity and the emotions that accompany it by crafting a story that readers can instantly connect with. She is unforgiving with the degree of how blunt and straightforward her tale starts out‚ as the main character Suzie Salmon is brutally raped and murdered within the very first chapter. The rest of the book examines her family and friends and how they all cope with this loss; this is

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    2009 NCEA External Examination Level 2 - 2.3 Extended Text Excellence answer Topic 2: Readers will often think about characters long after a text has been finished. Analyse how the writer made a character or characters memorable for you in a text you have studied. In The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold the main character Susie Salmon is made memorable to us through the use of narrative point of view‚ symbolism‚ setting and her actions. The novel is based around the rape and murder of her and

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    Lovely Bones

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    The story begins in Norristown‚ Pennsylvania in 1973. 14-year-old Susie Salmon takes her usual shortcut home from her school through a cornfield. George Harvey‚ a 36-year-old neighbor who lives alone and builds doll houses for a living‚ persuades her to have a look at an underground den he has recently dug in the field. Once she enters‚ he rapes and murders her and dismembers her body‚ putting her remains in a safe that he dumps in a sinkhole. Susie’s spirit flees toward her personal heaven. The

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    The Lovely Bones Analysis

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    Analyzing the movie The Lovely Bones‚ my favorite film for a while now‚ it took me a while to think of what makes it cinematic. When I thought of the word “cinematic‚” I automatically thought of the different elements of literature such as characters‚ setting‚ conflict‚ plot‚ and so on. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary‚ the word means “of‚ relating to‚ suggestive of‚ or suitable for motion pictures or the filming of motion pictures.” From my understanding‚ cinematic refers to the play of

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    The Lovely Bones Loss

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    In The Lovely Bones‚ Susie Salmon is murdered by her neighbor‚ Mr. Harvey. Her family has to cope with the fact that Susie is no longer among the living‚ but is with them through her ghost. Susie views Earth from heaven‚ causing her to battle several feelings with herself. Throughout the story‚ the family grows farther apart from each other by overcoming Susie’s death in their own separate ways. The family later comes together and reconciles to move on‚ letting Susie live only through their memories

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    Ellie Fotakis In Alice Seabold’s novel The Lovely Bones‚ she depicts the journeys of a family’s struggle to face the murder of their daughter/sister. Seabold uses descriptive imagery and symbolism to show the harsh realities of each family member’ struggle. Susie plays a very important role in the family’s lives; her murder and their deep love for her is the reason her family cannot move on. Susie continues to try and contact her family any way possible to help them solve her murder and maybe

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