Lovely Bones Blog 2

The supernatural plays a main role throughout the Lovely Bones. Susie is caught in between both worlds of reality and the supernatural. Susie faces many struggles being caught in between the two completely different worlds. She faces the problems of not being able to contact her family or friends and she is faced with the reality that she must face acceptance in to herself alone. She was a victim of a terrible, brutal murder and there was nothing she could do to change what happened. She just has to face the struggles of her character change as her family is forced to move on without her. In many instances Susie wants to help her father as well as the rest of her family to help them reveal who had killed her. Her emotions are overwhelmed in this situation because as much as she wishes she could see her family again, she must face the facts that she will never see them again. The grief and darkness throughout this novel dwell over the family as well as Susie. Her family finally reaches closure when they find out who killed her. Even though her body was disposed into a dump, they had all the evidence they needed to accuse Mr. Harvey of the murder of Susie Salmon. At the end of the novel, Susie finally leaves this middle world and she is no longer caught up in the events that have occurred over the span of this time. Her soul finally reaches eternal happiness when she accepts that she must move on to heaven to live eternal happiness. Susie finally gets the closure she needs to move on but she will always look over and protect her family until they meet again someday.