THE LOVELY BONES Flashcards
what are the key chapters for Jack?
2, 3, 5, 11, 13
what are the A03 contextual points for Jack?
- Susie’s homodiegetic narration
- role of the father - against stereotypes of the time
- stages of grief (rage)
what are the key chapters for susie?
all chapters
what are the A03 points for susie?
- homodiegetic narration
- young perspective
- captures sense of teenagers in America in late 20th century
what are the key chapters for lindsey?
late chapter 2, 5, 10, 17,
what are the A03 points for lindsey?
- Lindsey is 13 when Susie is murdered. - Lindsey is representative of Susie and is a someone that Susie matures through
- Likewise, Lindsey’s maturation transpires as an outcome of Susie’s death and through her drive to keep her family intact
what are the key chapters for abigail?
2, 12, 13, 19, 20
what are the A03 points for abigail?
- goes against maternal gender stereotypes in the 1970s
- we see her conflict desire to be independent but also have a role as a mother
- incompatibility is typical conflict in early feminism
what are the key chapters/pages for Buckley?
7, 16, snapshots, 18 19, 23
what are the key chapters for Grandma Lynn?
2, 7, 9, snapshots
what are the A03 points for Grandma Lynn?
she doesnt fulfil the cultural stereotype of traditional Grandma
what are the key chapters for Ray?
- chapter 6 (p73) Ray and Susie’s talk on the scaffolding and he want to kiss her
- chapter 6 (p80) Ray meets with Ruth in the cornfield and they become friends
- chapter 22 - Ray kisses and makes love to Susie in Ruth’s body
what are the A03 points for Ray?
cultural differences in America
what are the key chapters for Ruth?
3, snapshots, 18, 23
what are the key chapters for Mr Harvey?
1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 15
what are the key chapters for the Salmon’s house?
- Susie’s looking back at her life at home - PG 210
Photo of abigail - p42 - 43 - Jack smashing up the bottles - p46-47
- Harvey taking her body into the house - p50
- Sam kisses Lindsay + gives her a present - p70
- Sam and Lindsay get engaged - p244
- Lindsay remembering her house with Susie whilst in Harvey’s house
what are the key chapters for heaven?
2, 3 (p40), 12 (p154),
what are the key chapters/pages for Len Fenerman?
- Jack phones up Len about Harvey - p61
- Still trying to connect Harvey to Susies death three years later - p218 -219
- Len and Abigail kiss - p147 - 148
what are the key chapters/pages for Samuel and Hal Heckler?
- Asks lindsay to marry him - p240
- Supports lindsay at the funeral - p109
- Hal brings Buckley drums - p315-317
- Hal leads lindsay away from the police station - p216
- He finds materials from his shop to help Buckley make a den
what are the key chapters/pages for the cornfield?
- chapter 1 - Susie’s rape and murder
- chapter 11 - Jack attacks Brian in the cornfield
- chapters 14 & snapshots - Len realises the plans are solid proof
- chapter 16 - Susie’s vigil
- snapshots (223-4) Less people turn up each year on Susie’s death day
where can you find examples of the Local community/ neighbourhood/ School / gifted symposium in the book?
- chapter 1 - ‘My murderer was a man from our neighbourhood’
- Memorial service - p109
- Vigil in cornfield - p49, 203
- School tries to comfort Lindsay - PG 30
- chapter 3 - Brian and Clarissa
- chapter 10 - They tell Lindsay the task is to create the perfect murder
- chapters 2, 14, 16, 18, bones - Susie’s community growing throughout the book
where can you find lonely/abandoned/isolated places in the book?
Pg 51 - Susie remembering her childhood
Pg 293 - ray and ruth
Abandoned house - p234 -237
Harveys hideout - p271 & 278
where can you find ideas about guilt/responsibility in the book?
Chapter 1 - ‘I fought hard..’,’taking candy from a baby’
‘You should’ve been more observant’
Snapshots - len
Chapter 5 -Jack guilt ‘the guilt on him’
Chapter 13 - Piggyback with Buckley ad trying to help Lindsay shave
Chapter 15 - ‘His heart beat wildly’
where can you find ideas about romantic love in the book?
Chapter 1 - contrast w Mr Harvey
Chapter 5 - Linsday and sam
Chapter 10 - Lindsay and Sam have sex for the first time (same age Susie died)
Chapter 12 - Abigail reminiscing about putting the kids to bed to spend time with Jack
Chapter 17 - find the house
Chapter 19 - Abigail comes back to see Jack in the hospital
Chapter 20, PG 281 - Abigail and Jack talk on the bed
Chapter 22 - have sex through ruth’s body
where can you find ideas about forgiveness/acceptance in the book?
p279 - Jack forgives abigail for leaving
p268 - Buckley tells Abigail to ** off
p317 - Lindsay tells her mum she knows what she did
p90 - photos of all the murder victims Len hasn’t solved
p232 - Accepted she won’t experience all the things Lindsay gets to experience
what are the key chapters for Mr Harvey’s house?
11, 14
what is a bildungsroman?
- protagonist develops morally and psychologically
- one person’s formative years or spiritual education
