Predictions - They Lovely Bones

So Far In The Lovely Bones Susie Is dead and Mr. Harvey, the one who killed her, is not yet a suspect. I think that Mr. Harvey will eventually get caught for killing Susie by the end. The detective says to Susie's father, "'He's odd, i agree, but as far as we know he isn't a killer'"(152). He dumped her body in a sink-hole so it is virtually impossible to get Susie's body back. But, by the end I think all the clues will come together and he will be blamed for her death; even considering Len, the detective, said there is no way he could have murdered her. I don't understand how is able to live with himself knowing he killed an innocence girl coming home from school.

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We all have our own version of heaven

Every body's heaven is different. At least this saying seems true because nobody has came back to describe heaven. In the book The lovely Bones Susie describes her heaven as,"My favorite part was how the colored blocks were turquoise and orange, just like the blocks in Fairfax High so I could imagine myself there"(17). After some time in heaven Susie realizes,"The javelin-throwers and the shot-putters and the boys who played basketball...were all in their own version of heaven"(18). Susie is describing that every bodys heaven is different in their own special way. No matter if you believe in heaven or not, we will never truly know for certain if it is real, but if it isn't real will it really matter? When we die and there isn't a heaven we still won't know because we will be dead.

This past weekend I saw a movie called Heaven Is For Real. The movie is about a 4 year old boy, Colton, that claims he went to heaven while he was in surgery. I am sure you are thinking that 'He was just dreaming' but that's what I was thinking until he said he met his sister that the boy's mother had a miscarriage long before he was born. He also claims that he met his fathers grandfather that died when is father was very young. This sparked a realization that maybe it really is real.

Nothing is ever certain

In the novel The Lovely Bones a girl named Susie was murdered by her neighbor. Her family was devastated when they found out. You don't realize how much you can miss someone until they're gone for good. This made Susie's family, as well as myself, realize how much you should value the important people in your life. You can wake up one day and they will be gone. As they keep repeating throughout the beginning of the story, "Nothing is ever certain"(Sebold, 30). This statement can mean a number of things; something that you think is 100% true could be false or you never know what could happen next.

This is a list of quotes throughout the book on goodreads.com - http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1145090-the-lovely-bones

About the Author - Alice Sebold

Alice Sebold

Sebold was born on September 6, 1963 in Wisconsin. She underwent some childhood struggles. Her mother, Jane, was an alcoholic and suffered anxiety and panic attacks. So the only person their for her was she sister Mary. Sebolds father was a Spanish professor at The University of Pennsylvania.

Since Alice had a difficulf childhood, after high school she wanted to distance herself away from her family. She enrolled at Syrause University in upstate New York. During her first year of college she was walking back to her dorm from class and got pulled into a tunnel and got attacked and raped. Not only did that happen once, but it also happend again not long after it happened the first time in the same tunnel. The police found the attacker and her got sentenced to prison. It was diffcult for Sebold to find closure after those events.

Sebold never was able to gradurate college, Alice moved to New York City and that is when she began to experiment with drugs. She moved to Califorina and that is when she began to write. Sebold used her life experiences in her writing. You can see that in The Lovely Bones.