Summary
This book just keeps getting better and better as I keep reading. Right now I left off reading at page 154 and it’s getting pretty intense. Right now the father is still suspecting on Mr. Harvey but the police just see him as going completely crazy. They have no lead on him so they find it completely pointless to even try and they still have not had anything on her murderer, therefore the police might let go of the case. Susie’s father is just loosing it as he attacked Susie’s friend thinking its Mr. Harvey so Brian (a friend) attacked him with a bat. While he was at the hospital, his house was just a mess. Lindsey always tries to hide her feelings when she clearly knows she’s breaking down inside. She hates the treatment she gets from everyone from Susie’s death. Buckley swore he saw his sister and the death is not really affecting him much. Like it is but since he is a little kid then he is easily forgotten about it at times. The mother as completely changed her character since now she is starting to like the police guy Len. She even got to kiss him while all of this is going on which shows her lack of dedication to her husband and family. Her feelings changed for her husband and everything seemed to change between them ever since her death. Then the book also talks about Susie and how she is in her heaven and its not as perfect as it is. She knows theres a better place but she just wants to jump in to the earth and help everyone out.This book is getting intense but I get frustrated because her father knows its Nr.Harvey whose responsible but no one believes him.
Quotation
"And I watched that flat red mouth move across an invisible line to her and slowly kissed him on the mouth"( Sebold 148 ) .
Reaction
My reaction to this qoute is a unbelievable face. I can't believe how her mother is forgetting everything. She is not being a good wife in supporting her husband. She is having a affair while she is not really spending time with her family and trying to be understanding. This is a tough situation, it really is in reality. But she neeeds to try to make things work because she is still alive. She neeeds to be the women of the house and be there for her family. Right now is the time were they need to be the closets as a family and try to deal with the fact that susie is gone forever.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
1st ROAR POST - term 3
Summary
My ROAR selection for term 3 is Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I absolutely love the book and
wish I could read it forever. Right now I read up until page 74 and so much has happened that its crazy. The first chapter she was raped by her neighbor Mr.Harvey who killed her right after by chopping her into pieces. After she dies she goes to her heaven where she looks to earth and sees everything that's going on. Her father is hurt the most because he shared many memories with her and he just doesn't want to face the fact that shes dead. Her mom and sister are hurt as well but its not stressed as much as the father. She is happy in heaven but misses everything about her lfie and what gave it meaning to her. Now in the book the police is stil ltrying to work on her case but there are no leads or anything. The father suspects on Mr.Harvey but the police find that theres no reason to think that so now im just goign to keep reading and find out whats goign to happen next.
Quotation
"He took the hat from my mouth.
"Tell me you love me," he said.
Gently, I did.
The end came anyways"( Sebold 15).
Reaction
I have no words to describe the feeling this part of the book gave me. I felt so bad and useless because I couldn't do anything about it. I know its only a book but she is not the only one who has been raped before in this mean cold world. I really get mad when I start to think how there are actually sick people like this, who do this too young innocent girls. She was so innocent and was just being a nice neighbor to him but he decided that he wanted to force it. Once I read that last line, I couldn't believe he killed her right after. In those few seconds I was thinking to myself how I should be happy that I'm alive and nothing like that has ever happened to me.
My ROAR selection for term 3 is Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I absolutely love the book and
wish I could read it forever. Right now I read up until page 74 and so much has happened that its crazy. The first chapter she was raped by her neighbor Mr.Harvey who killed her right after by chopping her into pieces. After she dies she goes to her heaven where she looks to earth and sees everything that's going on. Her father is hurt the most because he shared many memories with her and he just doesn't want to face the fact that shes dead. Her mom and sister are hurt as well but its not stressed as much as the father. She is happy in heaven but misses everything about her lfie and what gave it meaning to her. Now in the book the police is stil ltrying to work on her case but there are no leads or anything. The father suspects on Mr.Harvey but the police find that theres no reason to think that so now im just goign to keep reading and find out whats goign to happen next.
Quotation
"He took the hat from my mouth.
"Tell me you love me," he said.
Gently, I did.
The end came anyways"( Sebold 15).
Reaction
I have no words to describe the feeling this part of the book gave me. I felt so bad and useless because I couldn't do anything about it. I know its only a book but she is not the only one who has been raped before in this mean cold world. I really get mad when I start to think how there are actually sick people like this, who do this too young innocent girls. She was so innocent and was just being a nice neighbor to him but he decided that he wanted to force it. Once I read that last line, I couldn't believe he killed her right after. In those few seconds I was thinking to myself how I should be happy that I'm alive and nothing like that has ever happened to me.
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