Jessica Hall

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A Novel By Alice Sebold

• Jessica Hall

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The Lovely Bones is set in 1973, in a small
suburban town where on what 14 year old Susie
Salmon thought to be a normal day was walking
home from school and decided to take a short cut
through a cornfield. This is where a local
resident, Mr. Harvey began talking to her. Before
she knew it she was in a small underground cave
like home that she was most fascinated by, except
for the fact that a full grown man makes his way
on top of her breathing heavily. This leads her
to then be sent to Heaven where she watches over
her life from a new perspective as her family
tries to undergo her murder mystery. Susie steps
in throughout the novel to help her family before
they hit a level of insanity.
O V E R V I E W
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• The Lovely Bones presents literary elements that
  we are aware of. Such as Imagery, Suspense,
  Symbolism.
• Imagery
• Sebold uses imagery to make the book seem more
  realistic. A vivid example that no one wants to
  believe or think of is when Susie is raped and
  murdered. Sebold brings such emotion that it
  makes the hairs on your arms stand up but by
  doing this it causes so much more of an effect on
  the reader. As Susie enters heaven and realizes
  that her heaven is made up of what she wants
  rather than a broad matter, it shows the imagery
  of Heaven v Earth and the difference in life when
  looking down from above on what used to be your
  life that you lived.

• Suspense
• Suspense is incorporated into the novel as well.
  You are always trying to figure out when they
  will catch the murder or what is going to happen
  in the newest love affair, this leads to constant
  suspense as you read.

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Most Sought, Symbolism

• Ship in a Bottle
• This a symbol most powerful between father and
  daughter. Before Susie died this is something
  that Mr. Salmon spent hours doing as him and his
  daughter talked. Now that is destroyed all
  because of one man.
• The Hat
• Susies sister had same hat that their mother
  gave them and it was found after the scene of her
  murder.

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Structure of the Novel

• Sebolds structure with the novel is daring and
  compelling and makes it one of a kind. The way
  she uses the history before Susies death while
  explaining how Susie feels in Heaven and the
  actual murder case going on down on Earth all at
  once makes the story well rounded and
  exceptional.

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BOOK REVIEW
How about a round of applause and a standing
ovation for the Lovely Bones. The novel received
four stars from Jay and Co for its uniqueness in
structure and the emotion brought into the plot
as it thickened. Bravo Sebold.
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Alice Sebold

• Alice Sebold wrote this novel based on the fact
  that she was once raped as a child. Though she
  did see life from not Heaven nor was she murdered
  it put a great twist on the book and made it into
  a top seller.

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THE STORY OF A LIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME
AFTER....
The top seller is now being presented on the big
screen through DreamWorks this Friday January 15.
Though they are not going to be able to put all
of the ins and outs of the novel within the 2hr
and 15 minutes of air time they will most likely
be able to take a different overview and really
score big in the box office.
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Sources for Pictures

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  oster_lo-res_01.jpg
• http//teaser-trailer.com/movie/lovely-bones
• http//www.awardsdaily.com/contendertracker/wp-con
  tent/uploads/2009/10/lovely_bones_4-535x304.jpg