Reading Skills

In the Lovely Bones I predict that Lindsay will be a big part of the police finding Mr. Harvey. A text to text connection would be how Lindsay finds ways to keep her mind off her sisters death by doing things like running and isolating herself form questions about Susie. This is like how Susie always tries to make her situation the best possible. A text to self connection would be how Lindsay is suspicious of Mr. Harvey and she is going to figure out what is up with him and I am the same way I always want to know what is going on and I will do almost anything to figure it out. Lastly a text to world connection would be like a police case that is dropped and then is brought back up later. The police case in Susies death is dropped but I thuink that Lindsay is going to find something that will cause it to get brought up again.

 

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So I read an article in the NY Times and I really liked it. It talks breaks down some of the things that the author writes and finds the deeper meaning of the text. It also talks about Mr. Harvey and asks some of the questions that I have been asking.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/14/books/what-remains.html

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I am really happy that Susie has followed through and hasn't given up on trying to help her family find he killer. She cant speak to anyone on Earth so she has been trying to give the signs. She also doesn't know what their thinking so she doesn't know if they understand her messages. It would be so hard to talk without being heard.

Book Recommendations

Susie is a 14 year old girl that is killed by her neighbor Mr. Harvey. She has her own heaven and she can create anything she wants.
So far I love this book because I can almost relate to the way she feels I havent been killed so I cant relate to that. But I do relate to the way she feels about her family. The first thing she thinks about is her family.

Tone and Mood

The tone of my novel is very serious. She talks about her life very seriously throughout the book. The mood of the book is sad and depressing and even kind of scary. She talks about her death and how she feels about loosing her ffamily. This can make the reader feel very depressed and sad for her. There was a part in my book where she was talking to her friend about how she felt about loosing her family and her friend tried to cheer her up and turn it into a positive conversation. But she helped persuade her into understanding the seriousness of the subject.

The Lovely Bones

So I watched the movie again and it was like really scary. It was so scary when Mr. Harvey abducted her. I really like the book but the movie is actually kind of cool I really like her heaven scene. Obviously the movie is different and the book is better. For example in the movie she talks about her crush in the very beginning but she hasn't really talked about it very much in the book yet.

Characterization ReDo

Suzie changes throughout the story. She begins by being angry and upset. She wishes that Mr. Harvey dead. But throughout the story she knows that the best thing to do is to help her family find him. She also isn't as angry and upset. She instead is more acceptant of where she is. She is actually enjoying her Heaven. She has friends and dances with her neighbors. What ever she can think of that she wants she gets. She cant interact with the people on Earth by talking. She has to give them signs. For example she blows out her fathers candle and appears in the window to communicate. She can communicate easily with the souls in her Heaven though, although they don't talk much. So the other characters don't help describe her personality very much. I think that the main characters that keep the story moving are Susie, Lindsey, and Mr. Harvey. Susie keeps the story going by narrating and sharing her opinions and feelings. Lindsey keeps it going by search for clues about the killer and looking into Mr. Harvey. Mr. Harvey keeps the story moving because Susie explains how he seems to be feeling and how he is dealing with killing her.