Wednesday, November 4, 2009

A Huge Impact


The death of Susie Salmon surprisingly impacted almost everyone close to her, even a couple people who were not. Her mother leaves her father, after he kept assuming that the murderer was their neighbour, George Harvey (who is the murderer). Her father tries to catch Harvey but was crippled in the process. Susie's sister and brother are driven into emotional retreat, becoming very distant from their previously peaceful family. Ruth Connors, an unpopular girl in Susie’s class, is also impacted by Susie’s death. She is the last person Susie touches as her spirit leaves Earth. As a result, Ruth becomes obsessed with death and even begins seeing the dead on Earth. Everything and everyone important in this young girl’s life changed solely because they were traumatized from her death.

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