The Lovely Bones Book Report

George Harvey: Susie Salmon, she lived in the neighborhood, I never realized how mature she was for her age, being the oldest Salmon daughter I knew I had to have her. I had built an underground cave, I lured her in with my neighborhood charm and that is when I raped and murdered her. I did it because I knew I wouldn’t get caught, it was for the thrill, it made me feel alive.

The sudden disappearance of Susie Salmon, age 14, shocked the people of a small town in Pennsylvania. This distressing event happened on December 6, 1973 and it is now presumed that it was a murder. This crime was believed to take place in Stolfuz cornfield which is right behind the Junior High. Some horrific evidence has recently been discovered by a neighboring dog. No specific information has been released due to the investigation process that the police have to uphold. In a recent interview with head detective on the case, Len Fenerman, when asked if they have any leads at this point in the investigation, he answered, “As of right now we don’t have any specific leads but we are trying our hardest to find any piece of evidence that will

Suppressing negative emotions and unresolved conflicts can eventually have an impact on different aspects of one’s life. Abigail has restrained her grief for so long, and as her husband’s pursuit to find Susie’s murderer tests her patience, she uses Freud’s displacement defence mechanism “as a means by which the impulse can be expressed-allowing a catharsis of the original emotion-but toward a safer target (GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA). Len Fenerman, the local detective, becomes Abigail’s doorway out of her pent up emotions. She indulges in an affair with him as he offers her security and an escape from reality. In heaven, Susie deliberates upon this action:

George Harvey is always depicted as the vile, relentless murderer behind the rape and death of Susie Salmon, the protagonist of the novel Lovely Bones. It is easy for the reader to show absolutely no pity for this character. However, in Chapter 15, the author Alice Sebold converts this heartless soul into an individual that urges the reader to offer him sympathy instead. Sebold begins the chapter by reflecting on the tremendous amount of hardships that George Harvey endures in his childhood. As a child, George and his mother depend on each other, as they struggle through life in poverty and dread the presence of his father. Alongside his mother as her accomplice, they turn to theft as a method to receive food and resources behind his

Loss of a loved one and the stages of mourning or grief manifest as overriding themes in The Lovely Bones. Through the voice of Susie Salmon, the fourteen-year-old narrator of the novel, readers get an in-depth look at the grieving process. Susie focuses more on the aftermath and effects of her murder and rape on her family rather than on the event itself. She watches her parents and sister move through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. However, Alice Sebold makes clear that these categories do not necessarily remain rigid and that individuals deal with grief in various ways. For example, Abigail, Susie's mother, withdraws from her living children,

To follow, one can choose to resort to another lover or to isolate themselves from their family. Susie’s mother, Abigail may have been the one who took Susie’s death with greatest impact.

Another main influence in Hinton’s passion for writing was her father’s death. During Hinton’s sophomore year in high school, as she began to write The Outsiders, meanwhile her father was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and later died in her junior year, around the time she was finishing the book. Hinton turned to writing her novels as a way of coping with her father’s death. During an interview, Hinton’s mother said: “Susie was very close to her father, and I noticed that the sicker he became, the harder she worked”(Wilson, 16). Her father’s death is also portrayed in The Outsiders

For example, each family member goes into Susie’s old room alone to grieve her death .They finally seem to realize that they need each other to get through this terrible time and accept that even though they will never have Susie back but can hope and try together to figure out what happened to Susie and who did it. Throughout the book they must learn to love each other again.The theme of grief is the most important theme in the novel. The Salmon family must learn to overcome the loss of Susie. Everyone grieves in their own way and finds a way to blame themselves or feel like its their own fault that the situation happened. Susie's family feels a sense of guilt for not being there for her. For example, Susie's father, Jack grieves for Susie.He feels like he wasn't there when his daughter needed him most which leads him to becomes obsessed with feeling responsible for finding the killer. Lindsey, Susie’s sister grieves over her sister by becoming a stronger person and not to talking about it. Susie’s also mourns her own death and the missed opportunity of getting to grow up, but more significantly, Susie grieves over the loss of living people. This theme allows us to understand the characters better.

Milkman goes back to Susan’s house and he asked about jake and she told Milkman that Jake and Sing got married and may have went to Boston together. Milkman asked her why asked her why did she tell him something different and she said it was because Grace was there. Susan told Milkman that jake was one of the flying African children. Then Milkman asked about Heddy and he was Susan’s grandma, she took care of Jake after his father went missing.

After a series of Osage Indian Murders, Edgar J. Hoover plants undercover agents in the town, including agent Joe Chermack. He goes undercover as an insurance agent. A spunky, local newspaper reporter, Susan Mcculley, who wants to make a name for herself also investigates the murders. She grew up with Laura Reed, an Osage Indian, who gets romantically involved with John McAlister, a local attorney that Susan doesn’t trust and fears that Laura could fall victim to the series of murders.

After a series of Osage Indian Murders, Edgar J. Hoover plants undercover agents in the town, including agent Joe Chermack. He goes undercover as an insurance agent. A local newspapers reporter, Susan Mcculley, who wants to make a name for herself also investigates the murders. She grew up with Laura Reed, an Osage Indian, who gets romantically involved with John McAlister, a local attorney that Susan doesn’t trust. Laura falls for John and they get married. Laura discovers she pregnant.

She lost another love by the name of Oluf, could not find much work, and lost hard-earned money through a bad business investment. After all this peril she took Russell and Doris and moved to Baltimore. Another move equaled more stress, less money, and more struggling to get by. With what seemed to be the world against her, she made it. She remarried, bought a house, and became the success she demanded of herself. Every step of the way Russell was exposed to all the ups and downs. His mother’s life during those times shaped and influenced his own.

As the novel opens, Young introduces Mackenzie Allen Phillips as the main character. The story unfolds as Mack’s daughter is abducted during a family vacation. Her body is never recovered, though the police find evidence in an old shack to prove that she was brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer. Young illustrates how his daughter’s death ultimately causes Mack to live in the shadow of

Who is the character? What role do they play in the family? What relationships do they have in the episode? How does this character create tension through there relationship?

mom the narrator, and her sister Maggie who has been working with her mother. As Mrs.