A Heart In A Body In The World Theme Of Loss

Everybody throughout their life experiences obstacles. Some experience worse than others. It is these experiences that shape people into who they are today. Running away and avoiding them is a mistake many people make. The protagonist, Annabelle Agnelli, in the novel, A Heart in a Body in the World, undergoes a tragic experience and she attempts to escape her pain by running away. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti, illustrates conflict and how Annabelle struggles with herself to overcome her grief, and how her running away shows how long and treacherous a journey healing from grief could be.
Grief follows you wherever you go, and you can’t avoid it by running away from it. Annabelle believes if she can escape her grief by running away from it,

In the story when we are brought to a time when, Annabelle is running because she is filled with sorrow too. The author writes, “And I run and run because I am filled with grief and sorrow, too. My running is crying and praying and screaming. It is saying that I don’t know what to do but I must do something” (Caletti 334). This is showing how Annabelle knows she has to come face to face with her grief, but she does not know how to confront it. “That I must use my voice, because it’s the only thing you have sometimes when someone or something is larger and more powerful than you” (Caletti 334). This shows how Annabelle’s voice is the only thing that could be more powerful than The Taker.
Imagery conveys this scene when the author uses “crying and praying and screaming.” This evidence is significant because it shows the author’s use of literary devices, such as imagery, to show Annabelle’s struggles. This scene contributes to the overall meaning of the book by emphasizing the importance of facing trauma and grief face to face. Confronting grief and pain can be difficult, especially because Annabelle’s grief took over her