Sunday, 24 May 2015

Discuss two passages from "The Lovely Bones" that represent the writers style. Note outstanding features of style (diction, dialect, figurative...

The point
of view of this novel is 1st person.  Susie, the dead girl, is narrating from heaven.  Both of
the passages I have chosen clearly represent the frankof the author.  Susie's voice, as written
by Sebold, is not full of emotion.  She does not express extreme anger, sadness, or grief.  She
reports to her audience what is happening.  The sense is that, while she feels emotion in
heaven, she is somewhat removed from it.  Aside from this...


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