The story "Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. Is a story based on Murder , Rape, Stress, and actually reality. This book shows poeple you can't trust everyone. Also it is a way to show your own kids wrong from right. This book has many dramatic and sentimental moments. It's a book that can open a lot of minds on people, and shows people it isn't good to rape. Karma always comes back !
The Lovely Bones has many conflicts, But maninly death and rape . A 14 year old girl ((Sussie)) goes into a ware house wit a bunch of her friends. Their is when she see's the true colors of her friends. They all see a guy, and start to bother him. He is a rapist, and was on hide out in that exact ware house. This is when Sussie's life sadly comes to an end. He walks up behind Sussie and says "Take off your Parka" ((p-11)). From this quote you can conclude he wanted to rape her, why was he so close to her ? Why did he only pick Sussie and not her friends ?
Sussie was very afraid ! she turned around and hit the guy. He grabs her and her friends run away. She screams but no one hears her, he soon begins to rape her. "I want you Sussie" ((p-13)) From this quote you can see this guy is a rapist, and wants to rape Sussie. She tries her best to push him away, she tries her best to hold on all her clothes. But none of this works, he was to strong, and to fast. After he gets rapes her, he gets a knife and kills her.
In the end of the story, the girl soon finds herself in "Pergatoury." She keeps on reminicing on how she was raped, but doesn't find a way for her to go to heaven. Soon she finally makes her way to heaven. But only after her friends tell her mom what happened. Then they go with the cops to the ware house. They find they guy, and Sussie's dead body. Sussie's mom is in tears, she doesn't know what to do. But they cops take the guy and put him in jail. After 15 years, he is released. He soon gets a job at a nice story, but he is always haunted by Sussie's soul.
No comments:
Post a Comment