Department Chair‚ It has been brought to my attention that the “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold has been put on the Banned/Challenged list of books 2013 in certain libraries. If you aren’t familiar with this text‚ it is about a 14 year old girl‚ Susie Salmon‚ living in Pennsylvania who is asked by her serial killer neighbor to check out his underground cove where he makes doll houses. The fact that he is a serial killer is unbeknownst to her so she agrees. Unfortunately and sadly‚ Susie is brutally murdered
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Plot summary The novel begins with an anecdote‚ used as an epigraph‚ in which Susie recalls her father amusing her as a child by shaking a snow globe with a small penguin inside all by himself. When she worries about the penguin‚ he says‚ "Don’t worry‚ Susie. He’s got a nice life. He’s trapped inside a perfect world." In the opening sentences‚ Susie introduces herself to us and takes us to the date of her death‚ December 6‚ 1973‚ "before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons
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The Lovely Bones 1. The title of the book‚ “The Lovely Bones”‚ has a lot of strong and deep meaning behind it. In the story‚ a girl named Susie Salmon is raped and killed by a creepy neighbor who had been watching her for some time. The story then goes on to explain how her family coped with the hardships of losing her‚ which wasn’t easy because they loved her so much. Susie was actually a very loved person. Everyone she met fell in love with her. Making “The Lovely Bones” the title of the book
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in The Lovely Bones. That person was‚ Susie Salmon‚ who was raped and killed on her way home from school‚ at the age of 14. The remaining four members of her family all deal differently with their grief throughout the book. Her father begins to obsess over finding the killer‚ her mother turns in on herself‚ beginning an affair with the investigating officer‚ and then running off to California to keep from dealing with the pain‚ and her sister‚ Lindsey keeps to herself but become’s very curious about
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LIFE AFTER LOSS The Lovely Bones Essay By: Yasmin Omer To Ms. Klug Grief. It is that inevitable emotional suffering you feel when someone you love is taken away from you. In the extraordinary novel‚ The Lovely Bones‚ written by Alice Sebold‚ it revolves around the story of a dead girl named Susie Salmon and her grief-stricken family. Through the voice of Susie‚ readers learn about the aftermath of Susie’s murder and rape on each of her family members. Readers see that Susie’s
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Pennsylvania‚ a suburb of Philadelphia‚ Susie Salmon takes her usual shortcut home from her school through a cornfield. George Harvey‚ a man in his mid-40s who lives alone and builds dollhouses for a living‚ persuades her to enter an underground den he has recently dug in the field. Once she has entered‚ he rapes and kills her‚ dismembering her body‚ whose parts he puts in a safe and dumps in a sinkhole. Susie’s spirit flees toward her personal heaven. The Salmon family at first refuses to accept that
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The Lovely Bones Review In the book The Lovely Bones‚ Alice Sebold does a remarkable job of making her characters realistic to her readers. Sebold does this by telling the story through the eyes of the victim‚ Susie Salmon‚ who sees and knows everything about everyone around her. What is great about this book is that the reader is taken on an emotional journey with the grieving family and with Susie. Abigail‚ Susie’s mom‚ is a character who‚ I believe‚ portrays human weakness. She is the one
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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 Salmon family at first refuses to believe
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Susie’s mother: Abigail. Susie’s sister: Lindsey. Susie’s brother: Buckley. Susie’s almost boyfriend: Ray Singh. The last person Susie touches before she leaves earth: Ruth Connor. You must explain why you chose these two ..... III. Make a map of where the following events in the book took
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The story starts with the narrator Susie Salmon(14). She has been dead since December 6th 1973 after she was raped and killed by her neighbour. Here’s how Susie’s story happened she was walking home from school one day and decided to take the shortcut through the corn field and sees one of her
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