The Lovely Bones And Middlesex

Peter Jackson’s 2009 film, The Lovely Bones, is based off of the New York Times bestseller novel written by Alice Sebold. Both the book and the movie adaptation tell the story of a young, 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon who is brutally murdered by her neighbor. In both versions, Susie narrates her story from the place between Heaven and Earth, the “in-between,” showing the lives of her family and friends and how each of their lives have changed since her murder. However, the film adaptation and the original novel differ in the sense of the main character focalization throughout, the graphic explanatory to visual extent, and the relationship between the mother and father.

Tragic diseases bring much despair to sufferers as well as those whom they love. Fatal illnesses, as well as accidents and old age, cause painful losses of loved ones. Some families even lose an important member who unknowingly impacts other people in many ways. In the 20th century biography The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot utilizes the rhetorical strategy of emotional appeals to reveal that physical, mental, and emotional pain bring effects that can greatly impact and tear apart families.

It’s ironic that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross theory, of the five stages of grief is present in the story “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare after so many centuries later. Hamlet is believed to be the most dramatic play in history, and comes with many personal conflicts that people still today will struggle with. In “Hamlet”, the main character, Hamlet goes through the 5 stages of grief throughout the story. Elizabeth Kubler- Ross developed a theory based on how she believed to be the stages of acceptance of death. “The 5 stages of grief and loss are: 1. Denial and isolation; 2. Anger; 3. Bargaining; 4. Depression; 5. Acceptance. People who are grieving do not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them.” (Axelrod, 2016) Even though, Hamlet repeats some of these stages, and is involved in multiple stages at the same time, he does in fact experience through all these stages. Hamlet the Danish prince, son of Gertrude, grieve for the death of his father. The unexpected passing of his father causes Hamlet to experience a roller coaster of emotions. The death of his father is not the only thing he struggles with, but the marriage between his mother and uncle troubles him also. He feels as if his mother has betrayed him, and did not give him the proper time to grief over the fatality of his father. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, not only replaced his father, but he also inherited the throne that was supposed to be passed down to Hamlet. When Horatio and

Grief causes people to turn on each other. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner’s use of stream of consciousness narration demonstrates the Kübbler-Ross model of processing grief through the minds of the Bundren family, especially with the youngest children, seventeen-year-old Dewey Dell and six-year-old Vardaman, after the recent death of Addie, their mother. The Kübbler-Ross model of processing grief has five stages (in no particular order): denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The anger stage is when the person finds fault in others and can include selfish behavior. Dewey Dell and Vardaman turn on others throughout the book.

Instead, various pathological states, some based on identifications arising from the traumatic event, seem to offer a way for the person to keep going.” (Hobson, 148-9) It is evident Abigail does not want to mourn when she refused to go to the one year anniversary of Susie’s death in front of the

When discussing loss knowing it comes in many forms can create an ubiquitous contemplation about the derivative of the characters loss. In many Dark Romantic and Gothic pieces loss can derive from a loved one, psychological torment, or even from an egotistical attribute. These attributes may seem customary to society, however these issues can take a great toll on a character. For example, in “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, he lost his wife to a lung disease which ultimately caused the narrator to obsess in a form of grief over Annabel Lee. Moreover, in the “Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen the protagonist and the antagonist essentially are the same person. Mrs. Dover while revisiting an old house she once lived in had created an entire situation that in her mind and to the reader seem real, once the reader continues the realization that Mrs. Dover created a situation all of her own due to psychological issues. Lastly, in “The Masque of

Among the several fiction books written by Alice Sebold, the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year for Adult Fiction Award winning book The Lovely Bones is known as one of her all-time best books of her entire writing career. The protagonist of The Lovely Bones is a young teenage girl, approximately 15 years old, who goes by the name of Susie Salmon and she lives with her younger brother, Bob Salmon; her younger sister, Lindsey Salmon; her mother, Susie so much; and her father call me, Jack Salmon. Susie was brutally raped and murdered by her neighbor Mr. Harvey. Mr. Harvey is a 36-year-old rapist as well as serial killer who primarily targets young teenage girls as his victims and has been on the move after he realizes that he

It’s ironic that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross theory, of the five stages of grief is present in the story “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare after so many centuries later. Hamlet is believed to be the most dramatic play in history, and comes with many personal conflicts that people still today will struggle with. In “Hamlet”, the main character, Hamlet goes through the 5 stages of grief throughout the story. Elizabeth Kubler- Ross developed a theory based on how she believes to be the stages of acceptance of death. “The 5 stages of grief and loss are: 1. Denial and isolation; 2. Anger; 3. Bargaining; 4. Depression; 5. Acceptance. People who are grieving do not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them.” (Axelrod,

When I first read the novel A Monster Calls, I was deeply fascinated by its description of the inner conflicts suffered by the Conor, and the lively deception of the fictional yet inspiring character the monster. At, the same time I was filled with curiosity wondering how people with serious- ill family member manage to deal with their own sorrow as their family becomes sicker. To answer this question I did a research and learned about Kubler Ross theory: the five stages of grief and loss ( Kubler-ross, 1997). What really fascinated me about this theory was that it explores the five stages of grief experienced by those who are facing their own terminal illness. After reading this theory I thought of Conor and thought of applying this theory

For example, In-hye came to the conclusion that her sister was acting out due to the fact that she was a victim of her father’s abuse. In-hye realized that, “Only after all this time was she able to understand why Yeong-hye had said what she did. Yeong-hye had been the only victim of their father’s beatings...Only Yeong-hye, docile and naive, had been unable to deflect their father's temper or put up any form of resistance. Instead, she had merely absorbed all of her sufferings inside her, deep into the marrow of her bones” (162). Yeong-hye was never able to stand up against their father. She was helpless and had no other choice than to accept his beatings and his beatings had took a toll on her. In-hye follows up her

Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby are two very intresting novels which are very eye opening to one about how society is and the main message I got especially from Jane Eyre is that money is not always the answer to personal happiness and love. Both novels believed in moral convinction where you believe in one viewbook and it does not change for the better or worse.

Grief is a process that involves five important steps to correctly deal with a painful situation or the loss of someone important in ones life. In the famous play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare a young boy is forced into the grieving process when his father dies. The audience can see him go through all five step, and also can see how the ones around him also go through the process. To overcome grief effectively all five steps must be experienced but not in any particular order and through the stories the readers can see how each character deals with grief differently but eventually all reach acceptance. Lorraine Hansberry, writes about a family is all waiting for the arrival of their deceased father’s life insurance check in the

Many events in an individual’s life can cause them to experience grief such as, losing a loved one, a tragic event, or even a breakup. Being in denial is hard. When someone is in denial, they do not exactly know what to think of the situation and they do not want to believe it. A person in denial will act differently than someone who is not. They may not speak much, zone out often, and will not make themselves presentable when going out into public. Alice Sebold wrote The Lovely Bones, which was a book about a 14 year old girl, Susie, who was murdered on her way home from school by her neighbor. Her entire family experienced grief from the tragic death. Susie watched down on her family from heaven, and saw her mom abandoned her family and

The shock of mortality is a very prominent theme within the lovely bones. The thought that yes, everyone will die someday and for some death might be closer than for others. In the book, the main character, susie talks about her tragic and violent death from beyond the grave “ I knew he was going to kill me. I did not realize then that i was an animal already dying.” (1.91) when she talks about the way she dies, one can see just how much her memories and feelings are influencing her experience in the afterlife. Although she is dead, she still continues to grow as a person while watching and experiencing people and events back on earth, and although she has past she still misses home “We had been given, in our heaven, our simplest dreams.” (2.17)

The novels Jane Eyre and Great Expectations both take place in a capitalist society. Marx’s fundamental ideas are prevalent in both novels. Karl Marx is a German philosopher who challenged capitalism with the creation of communism. Marx’s most essential and recognized beliefs are that class creates conflict, modern work is alienating, and class struggle is at the heart of the society. He also believes that individuals affected by capitalism are often rugged, which he describes as “putting self-interest above the needs of the community.” (Tyson 60). In Jane Eyre, Jane questions other characters beliefs on Marxism throughout the novel. In Great Expectations, characters challenge Pip on his Marxist beliefs. Therefore, throughout the use of interclass relationships, classism and rugged individualism, readers are able to observe how Jane challenges others Marxist beliefs and other characters challenge Pip’s Marxist beliefs.