Violence Quotes in The Lovely Bones Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 "If I'm not mistaken," said Miss Ryan, "there are no breasts on our anatomy model." (6.41) |
Though this doesn't seem like a violent moment at first, but it sure feels violent to Ruth. Being denied the right to draw a part of her own anatomy is a type of violence, one thriving on power imbalances.
| Quote #8 "This is not Susie, for Chrissakes," her mother would say, plunking down an inch thick sirloin in front of her daughter. (10. 8) |
Ruth comes to equate Susie's murder with the slaughter of animals, so she becomes a vegetarian. Her totally insensitive mom provides a moment of comic relief.
| Quote #9 It was on that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or the sun; it cannot be contained. (14.100) |
That horror Susie's talking about, most of it can be linked to some kind of violence – from Earthquakes to famine to cancer to murder.
