Family is clearly matters to the Boatwrights although they are not like other families. Even through the abuse Bone clung to a dream of having a loving family wanting “us to be like the families in the books in the library.” Storytelling is used to shape the characters identities. Bone learns the Boatwright history through exaggerated stories from Granny and Aunt Ruth. She explores the dark emotions caused by the abuse through stories she tells her cousins.
Salvage The Bones(2011) written by Jesmyn Ward details a Family from a Mississippi Gulf town, Boi Sauvage, going through 12 days leading up to and facing hurricane Katrina. Esch, the protagonist, is infatuated with Manny who wants nothing to do with her, even if she is carrying his baby. After telling Manny of the baby in her womb she faces rejection from the man she desires most. This passage explores Eschs reaction to rejection and foreshadows her eventual acceptance of the journey of motherhood without the father and man she loves, Manny. Through repetition, diction, and point of view Ward creates a scene of anger and disgust towards Manny that contrasts with the earlier time of infatuation and deep desire for Manny's love and attention.
Bone’s whole childhood consisted of continual abuse from Glen. As it escalated, Bone felt demeaned and a disappointment to her family. These abuses lead to Bone losing her identity throughout the story. The beginning of the novel showed Glen’s anger starting to arouse. As the story progressed, Glen become more violent and his abuses were more destructive and filled with envy.
Also, Susie consistently refers to him as “Mr. Harvey” for the entirety of the story – this is ironic as he does not deserve the title, nor the respect of being referred to in that way. Alice Sebold uses the symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing techniques throughout The Lovely Bones to successfully explore the complex themes of violence, grief, and mortality in a novel which ultimately causes the reader to feel empathetic towards Susie and her family, creating a captivating and thought-provoking story which shows the true nature of such a violent crime and the aftermath that it
The Lovely Bones The book “The Lovely Bones” is a book created by Alice Sebold that tells the story about a young girl named Susie Salmon who was tragically raped and murdered in her home town. The book follows the perspective of Susie looking down on earth from heaven. Susie watches how the world goes on without her. How her family is in shambles, her friends moving forward, the surroundings that she took for granted, and her murderer who lives on day by day.
