Essays on The Lovely Bones

When young Susie expressed her concern about a little penguin in a snow globe, her father replied, ‘’Don’t worry Susie; he has a nice life. He’s trapped in a perfect world.’’ Alice Sebold’s novel “The Lovely Bones” details the 1973 gruesome rape and murder of…

Introduction Whilst reading novels, one’s inquiries are endless and perceptive. Authors prompt readers to question the rules of right or wrong, good or bad and occasionally, their sanity. Emma Donoghue’s gripping novel, Room, allows individuals to step into the footsteps of Ma, Jack, and their…

“My mother sat on a hard chair by the front of the door with her mouth open. Her pale face paler than I had ever seen it. Her blue eyes staring. She was truly in disbelief, for the first time in a long time.”(Page 11)….

“This is what I remember. My lips were cut. I bit down on them when he grabbed me from behind and covered my mouth. He said these words: “I’ll kill you if you scream.”(Sebold 5) On May 8, 1981, Alice Sebold was raped in a…