The Lovely Bones Context

The Lovely Bones Context

1. Written by Alice Sebold

2. First published in 2002

3. Sebold was raped during her last year of school

4. "Moves the story from just another sad crime to the realm of fantastical realism"

5. The womens liberation movement was going on the 1970s (when the novel was set)

   • Women were achieving more rights but were losing wage = were paid 45% less than men

6. Men's roles in the 1970s were to provide for the family

   • Men did not like women were fighting for rights that didn't "belong" to them

7. A poll in 1977 found that hald agreed "women provoke rape by their appearance"

   • More than a third believed that "women should be responsible for preventing their victimisations in a rape"

8. "A moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living"

9. The 1970s were an era of economical struggle in America, cultural change and technological innovation

10. "This is a murder novel told from a different point of view"

11. The 1970s were about fighting for rights and for equality between everyone