"The Lovely Bones," by Alice Sebold, tells the story of a teenage girl named Susie Salmon who was raped and murdered by her neighbor. ... To begin, Jack Salmon is one of the characters that Alice Sebold uses to reveals the one of the five stages of grief in her novel, The Lovely Bones, which is anger. ... Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones, uses Jack, Abigail and Lindsey Salmon as her examples of the one of the five stages of grief, which is depression. ... (Sebold 58). ... For this reason, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Jack Salmon shows anger towards himself and to the murderer, ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn both demonstrate the many variants of these reactions – such as focusing solely on the death and dissecting it or pushing it to one side and acting as if it never happened. ... Sebold breaks the news to the parents that Susie is dead by having the police mention that there was too much blood for her to have survived. ...

• Word Count: 1993
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School