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    Lovely Bones Themes

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    Theme for the lovely bones The theme of grief is the most important theme in the book. The author herself understands what this family experiences. In her book‚ Lucky‚ she tells the story of her own rape and near murder. This kind of experience can be so devastating that the victim must grieve what happened to her and how she has changed. We see her own experience in Susie‚ who not only must follow her family’s progress through grief‚ but also her own progress. It is a kind of primer or textbook

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    Lovely Bones: Summary

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    that nobody really know what happened to Susie. This story is told by Susie‚ from heaven. As she observed how her family coped with her death‚ we’ll learn the truth behind her murder and the people affected by it. Although the summary may make Lovely Bones sounds like a murder mystery/ thriller book‚ it’s not. It focuses more on the family of the victim and the people around her. We already know from early on who murdered her and how it happened. But throughout the book we’ll learn how her parents

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    Values in Literature

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    importance of functioning different values and how they affect the lives of different characters. The novels The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are great examples of how the struggle through adversity can reform ones values causing them to also gain the appreciation for new ones. In life‚ situations can cause ones values to change. In The Lovely Bones the values of a character were altered after a life changing situation. After the murder of his 14 year old daughter

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    The Lovely Bones Analysis

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    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

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    Title “The Lovely Bones” Author Alice Sebold Text Type Novel Synopsis The novel is about a young girl‚ Susie Salmon‚ who is brutally raped and murdered by her neighbor‚ George Harvey‚ a serial killer of women and girls. She was 14 years old. After her death‚ she goes to a kind of heaven‚ and start watching her friends and family trying to move on with their lives and her murder still free. One year after Susie’s death her sister and father begin to suspect of the neighbor and

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    working hard means something different to everyone. For some it may mean going through a few years of university just to make lots of money‚ but for others it may mean being dedicated towards the things they love. The characters in the book‚ The Lovely Bones‚ all portray the American Dream in a different manner‚ especially when it comes to the murder case of a seventeen year old girl named Susie Salmon. Throughout the novel the reader is shown the struggle that the Salmons encounter trying to get through

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    Connections with Text

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    Connections with text Achievement Standard 908552 English 1.8 The theme of decision making and choices is a very important in life making sure you make the right decision that could change your life forever. The four texts have I have chosen are Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman‚ My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ Juno by Jason Reitman and All of these four texts connect together by decision making and how it effects your life. The Novel Boys Don’t Cry written by Malorie Blackman Is about a

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    can deal with it; how their family can deal with the death and how you should forgive your enemy. Show character traits  both were very brave‚ strong and learned to accept their death and found peace in heaven. IPod Characterization: The Lovely Bones: 1. Jack – Throughout chapter 16 and the snapshots‚ the readers notice that Jack and Abigail are becoming distant from each other. Eventually‚ Abigail leaves the family and doesn’t return for eight years. In those eight years‚ it is easy to imagine

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    has never caught themself thinking "What if i just left everything behind? What if i ran away from it all." Dave‚ Jimmy and Sean long to escape their hometown‚ but realize the possibility does not exist. Both Dave and George Harvey from "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold have become captured in their demented heads making them look dangerous to others around them. Dave has been a prime example showing the effects of what may happen to a rape victium. However‚ Dave can not help how he has been effected

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    with about thirty books. Some from high school other’s just for my enjoyment. I enjoy reading books other people recommend or books that grab my attention. Some of my favorite books you will definitely find on the top shelf are: Dear John‚ The Lovely Bones‚ and My Sister’s Keeper. I would usually get

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