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    The Lovely Bones

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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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    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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    Lovely Bones Themes

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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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    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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    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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    Essay the Lovely Bones

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    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 she narrates the process of grief

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    The Lovely Bones Lecture

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    I understand‚ you have all read ‘The Lovely Bones’ by Alice Sebold. Today we are going to examine her novel with particular emphasis on her purpose in writing a novel such as this and we will also look at how she conveyed her intentions. This is an interesting undertaking when you consider the way she delivers the story. There is plenty of material to get through so if you will all ensure that your mobile phones are turned off‚ I will begin. The Lovely Bones originates from a personal experience

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