Today we discussed the main characters, plot, setting, and possible themes of The Lovely Bones.
Reactions from students included the realism that Sebold uses to describe Susie's sexual assault and murder. Student learned that Sebold suffered a sexual attack which likely explains her realistic descriptions.
We took notes and discussed all the main characters, including Ruth Conners.
We looked at the epigraph in the opening and discussed how the penguin in the snow globe was similar to Susie -- they are both 'trapped' in a perfect world: Susie in heaven and the penguin in the globe
The novel will ultimately be a novel of reconciliation and healing.
Students then, worked on their paragraphs.
