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The Lovely Bones
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Alice Sebold
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The Lovely Bones Analysis
Symbols, Imagery, Allegory
Susie's Jingly CapThe only sound I made after that was a weak tinkling of bells. (1.81)Susie's jingly cap is a homemade symbol of her mother's love and care. Harvey perverts it, using it to gag Sus...
Setting
Mostly Suburban Pennsylvania and the Afterlife, 1973 - 1984The Lovely Bones is set mostly in an unnamed Pennsylvania suburb (called Norristown in the film version). Alice Sebold grew up in the subu...
What's Up With the Title?
The title is oh-so-creepily inviting. It combines, in the spirit of horror and Gothic conventions – love, life, death, and beauty. It also provides us with suspense and mystery – we wan...
What's Up With the Ending?
I could not have what I wanted most. Mr. Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect. (2.39)The ending is about as happy as a book about a murdered girl can get. It features the fulfillment of...
