Home > The Lovely Bones Summary & Study Guide > Characters
The Lovely Bones | Characters
Clarissa
Clarissa is Susie's best friend. Her clandestine meeting in the cornfield with her boyfriend, Brian, leads to Brian's attack on Jack.
Ruth Connors
Ruth, the girl Susie inadvertently brushes against as the she departs earth, is artistic and poetic with a feminist sensibility, existing on the fringes of junior high and high school society. She moves to New York after graduation, living a bohemian life of writing poetry, communing with Susie, and recording in her journal the deaths of women and children, deaths that she sees in dreams and...
[The entire page is 2059 words long]
Join eNotes
The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
- The Lovely Bones: Introduction
- The Lovely Bones: Summary
- The Lovely Bones: Alice Sebold Biography
- The Lovely Bones: Synopsis
- The Lovely Bones: Summary and Analysis
- The Lovely Bones: Quizzes
- The Lovely Bones: Essential Passages
- The Lovely Bones: Characters
- The Lovely Bones: Themes
- The Lovely Bones: Style
- The Lovely Bones: Historical Context
- The Lovely Bones: Critical Overview
- The Lovely Bones: Selected Quotes
- The Lovely Bones: Criticism
- The Lovely Bones: Topics for Further Study
- The Lovely Bones: Media Adaptations
- The Lovely Bones: What Do I Read Next?
- The Lovely Bones: Bibliography and Further Reading
- Copyright
Related Topics
Tell a friend about The Lovely Bones at eNotes.
