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Conclusion

Susie's family is a family again. They all eventually got over her death by trying to deal with it in several different ways, but they will never forget Susie. Susie has her grandfather in heaven and decides to move on with her eternity. Susie ended the novel by saying "I wish you all a long and happy life." (pg 328)

Falling Action

  • Susie goes back to heaven
  • Abigail moves back with Jack and her kids
  • Eventually Lindsey marries and has a kid of her own
  • Buckley ends up forgiving his mother for leaving him
  • Ray becomes a doctor like his dad
  • And Susie lets go of her loved ones to focus on her eternity in heaven.

Climax

  • Susie's soul entered into Ruth's body where she got to experience life on earth again for a short while and experienced other things with Ray. Ray could somehow sense it was actually Susie in Ruth's body so it was special for him too. Everything from this point on got better and better.

Rising Action

  • Susie's soul reaches heaven where she watches everyone's lives continue
  • No evidence of who the killer is
  • Her family is very depressed
  • Grandma Lynn arrives to help with Lindsey and Buckley because Abigail can't
  • Jack Salmon starts to realize it was Mr. Harvey who killed Susie
  • Lindsey breaks into Mr. Harvey's house and finds evidence that he was the killer.
  • Mr. Harvey flees and can't be found
  • Abigail leaves her husband and the kids
  • Jack has a heart attack

Initial Incident

The initial incident in the novel is when Mr. Harvey, the Salmon's neighbor, lures Susie into his underground den, where he rapes and kills her.

Exposition

Susie's Father is one of the main characters in the novel because he tries to solve Susie's death even after everyone has given up his name is Jack. Susie's sister is also a big part in helping solve the murder, her name is Lindsey. Susie's mother is Abigail, her brother is Buckley and the dog is Holiday. Other characters who play a big part are: Susie's friends from school Ray, and Ruth, and there was Susie's grandmother who helped keep the family together.

Antecedent Action

Susie Salmon was a 14 year old girl in a 1970's town in Pennsylvania when she was killed. She lived in a town home with her parents, her sister, her brother and her dog. Throughout the novel, Susie's family had to try to cope with her death and through thick and thin they managed to stay together. Another major conflict in the novel is who killed Susie.

Plot Diagram for The Lovely Bones

By: Mayia Pennington

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