The Lovely Bones Movie And Book Comparison

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In Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones", she exhibits the experience of grief, loss, and acceptance. Throughout the book, all the characters experience these emotions through different ways and learn to cope with them. The way Peter Jackson captured all the emotions from the book and incorporated it into the movie was a job well done. When watching the movie you can tell that the characters are in grief and in pain. Although they had the same feeling and emotion, some events were different. There were quite a few differences between the book and the movie and some similarities.
One difference between the book and the movie is the way that Susie acts. In the book, she acts like a little girl and as if she doesn't have much experience in the real world and with predators. In the book if they hadn't mentioned how old she was I would have guessed she was …show more content…

That gives Mr. Fenerman, the detective in charge of Susie's case, a clue to figure out how she disappeared. In the movie, Holiday doesn't find the elbow nor does the elbow even come up. The way that the Salmon family gets a lead on how Susie disappeared is when Mr. Salmon gets a “message” from Susie saying that it was Mr. Harvey who killed her. From there everything just went downhill for Mr. Harvey.
A similarity between the book and the movie is the way that Lindsay, Susie sister, acted. In the book and the movie, Lindsay shows compassion to her family, dedication to finding who killed her sister. Within all of the emotions and actions showed by her throughout the book and the movie you can tell that she loves and cares for her sister very much. Lindsay is the hero of the story in the book and the movie because she is the one who had the courage to break into Mr. Harvey’s house and find something that had to do with Susie’s disappearance. When she did, it was enough information to prove Mr. Harvey

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