Review Of The Book 'The Lovely Bones'

She starts out just telling about King Cole and how they were a strong family, her Reba and him until he died. And Mr. Leeland is no help, he loses money by gambling, The next event is when they lose their house and then they move to Chicago to make a fresh start the author adds the event that Sugar and her dog Shush get put into foster care. Then the author adds more events in a orderly way to make the last event end where they are making their way through all the tough times. “ You go out there, Miss Sugar, and show’em what it means to be sweet. “ Thats what it says on the last page it is telling us how the author ends the book and the last event with how if Sugar is sweet she can make everything work.

“Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.” -Alice Sebold. Alice Sebold the author of Lovely Bones creates a story of depression, guilt, and grief with the murder of Susie Salmons. In Lovely Bones the death of Susie affects all those close to her, like her mother, her father and her classmates. Her father grieves with despair as the murderer has yet to be caught. Her mother can not handle her disappearance and finds unnerving ways to cope. Susie’s classmates, Ruth and Ray both find ways to cope with each other and through other connections with Susie. A death of a loved young one is one no one is ever ready for. The grief starts and people find ways to feel guilty. If no mental aid is present the associates will

The characters in Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones are faced with the difficult task of overcoming the loss of Susie, their daughter and sister. Jack, Abigail, Buckley, and Lindsey each deal with the loss differently. However, it is Susie who has the most difficulty accepting the loss of her own life. Several psychologists separate the grieving process into two main categories: intuitive and instrumental grievers. Intuitive grievers communicate their emotional distress and “experience, express, and adapt to grief on a very affective level” (Doka, par. 27). Instrumental grievers focus their attention towards an activity, whether it is into work or into a hobby, usually relating to the loss (Doka par. 28). Although each character deals with

Bone’s stepfather, Glen, beats her and her mother, Anney, rarely protects her. This combination of vulnerability causes Bone to feel worthless, unguarded, and become discrete. Bone is trapped in generational poverty because she never was supported enough by her immediate family to thrive. To begin with a mother’s embrace provides comfort and security to a child.

In her book, Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching, Crystal N. Feimster discusses how race, gender and politics shaped the post-civil war south from reconstruction into the 20th century through the use of historical statistics, narratives and recorded court cases. Through the juxtaposition of Rebecca Latimer Felton and Ida B. Wells, born a generation apart as a plantation mistress and the other into racism, Feimster explores the differences in the treatment of and the reactions to a white woman and an African American woman fighting against rape and for women’s rights. The author, discusses how institutionalized racism, patriarchy and mob violence helped and hurt these women on their quest for equal rights.

Whenever I am with friends, they make sure I text them if I go places. The home in the book portrays danger; I feel Bone is in an unsafe environment with Glen and needs to stay away to feel safe. I would detest living in her home. Her mother says she loves her daughter, yet she keeps Bone in an unsafe environment, knowing Glen beats her. After Glen beats Bone she says; “I wanted her to love me enough to leave him, to pack us up and take us away from him”(Allison 107). It makes me feel heartbroken for Bone. I wish Bone knew she has moxie for continuing to stay in a dangerous

Tragic events happen to people around the world and everyone has their own ways to grieve and cope. In the sad but eye-opening novel, The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold 14-year old Susie Salmon is raped and murdered. The family is left to grieve, and readers see that the mother in the story grieves in the worst way imaginable. First, the mother began to leave her family psychologically, making Buckley feel neglected. Next, Abigail is selfish and drops her responsibilities as a mother in order for herself to be satisfied not caring about how her son is handling this ghastly circumstance. Lastly, she fails Buckley as a mother because he is left to learn about what life is, all on his own. Abigail has every right to grieve in her own way, but her

While reading this book, “North of Beautiful” by Justina Chen Headly I’ve noticed one thing. The main character in this book Terra, is looking to be one thing, which is to be perfect. Being perfect is something everyone strives to be, but no one can achieve because as the old saying says, “Nobody's perfect”. In this book I’ve also noticed so many lessons you can learn from just one person and those lessons can teach us how to be stronger. My main focuses while reading the book were character, connection, and themes.

Matthew Olzmann’s “Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now” and Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones” are both written to express their feelings, thoughts, and messages about the world. Both poems are closely related since they are both about what the world is coming to. Olzmann’s poem is about humanity vs nature, while Smith’s poem is about how the world is not safe for her children. Both poems come’s up with a problem that questions the reader to think about their choices in the world.

moment everything is in harmony, and then somehow the truth is unveiled and everything you knew is gone. Neither lies or secrets surpass one another, for they both are concealing the truth, whether through fabricating a story, or keeping the story locked up. In this novel of so many lessons, Lily will learn the cost of lies and secrets, but also the forgiveness that follows.

In conclusion, most stories end with a happy ending but what I learned from this novel is in life not everything will go your way or the way you wish will happen, everything happens for a reason but sometimes you just can’t help but to sit there and grieve, and think about ways it could have ended in a better or happier way. “Three Lessons In Life: 1. No one will see you. 2. No one will say anything. 3. No one will save you.” -Elizabeth Scott, Living Dead

The novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens is heavily a character-driven novel due to the fact that the sequence of events in the novel are causes and effects of the actions of the characters as well as the interactions between them. The novel mainly depicts the growth and development of an orphan named Pip, who is greatly influenced by the other characters and became a gentleman and a bachelor in the end of the novel through his encounters with the other characters. Pip, as the main character, definitely has a lasting impact on the drive of the novel since his decisions are very instrumental and effective towards the other characters as well as to himself. This phenomenon applies to not

Rick Riordan's 2008 novel "The Maze of Bones" presents readers with an intricate account involving the Cahill family and its adventurous experiences. The book focuses on the lives of Amy and Dan Cahill, two orphans who watch their grandmother as she passes away and who learn that they are the members of a powerful family. They are provided with a series of missions and they come to put their abilities into use, considering that Amy is an informational genius and that Dan is very good with numbers. The two children encourage readers to join them in going through several adventures and to fight various rivals that emerge as they are closing in on the goal of their searches. This manuscript is an adventure novel for children, but it can also appeal an adult public as a consequence of the complex storyline.

Joanne Rowling, one of the most well known British novelists in the world. She was born on July 31, 1965 at Yate General Hospital in Gloucestershire, England. (1) Joanne grew up in Chepstow, Gwent and from an early age she had an ambition to be a writer. (5) As a child she wrote many stories and short books, and continues to do so with great success. Later, Joanne left Chepstow to go to Exeter University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in French and the Classics. (2) After graduating, she moved to London where she started her job as a researcher for Amnesty International, a global movement that battles to end mistreatment of human rights. Though she would go on to be a famous author it was her work with Amnesty International that laid the foundation which fueled her passion for philanthropy and social activism.

In his novel Great Expectations, published in1861, Charles Dickens examines the class system of Victorian England and the effect wealth and position had on the lives of the people living during the period. The novel follows the life of Philip Pirrip (Pip) from his childhood as an orphan being raise by Joe Gargery (his brother-in-law) and his sister (simply known as Mrs. Joe in the novel).