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The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

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The Lovely Bones

In The Lovely Bones, along with the fourteen-year-old narrator, Suzie Salmon, Mr. Harvey kills several other girls and women between the ages of six and forty-nine. His victims include Jackie Meyer...

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Mr. Harvey is never caught by the police in The Lovely Bones. Although suspected and questioned, there is insufficient evidence to connect him to Susie Salmon’s murder. He eventually flees town....

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In The Lovely Bones, major conflicts include Susie's murder and her family's subsequent grief. The resolution involves Susie's acceptance of her death and the family's eventual healing. George...

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In "The Lovely Bones," Mr. Harvey uses a knife to cut up Susie's body after murdering her. He dismembers her in an attempt to hide the evidence of his crime. This act, coupled with the rape and...

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Mr. Harvey collects "souvenirs" or "trophies" from his victims, which he stores in a hole drilled into his house's foundation, referred to as his "trophy bag." Additionally, he disposes of some items...

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Mr. Harvey's death occurs on page 327 in the final chapter, "Bones," of The Lovely Bones. He dies when an icicle falls, causing him to lose balance and stumble into a ravine. This method of death is...

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In The Lovely Bones, the killer, Mr. Harvey, drives an early 1970s white Jeep Wagoneer. The exact year is not specified, but it is inferred to be from the early 1970s, as the story is set in 1973....

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Harvey in "The Lovely Bones" gives different names for his wife to craft sympathetic stories that disguise his odd behavior and deflect suspicion. He uses details from his most recent victim to...

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The Lovely Bones

Mr. Harvey is a deeply evil character, a child-murderer and pedophile with a traumatic past that does not excuse his crimes. After Susie's murder, he continues to kill, showing a compulsive urge to...

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