Explain how the author creates suspense in the story The Lovely Bones. How is a character from the story similar to a character in another story,...

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

Susie Salmon in is a lot like Mia Hall in If I
Stay. Both characters are kept from participating in the action of the book for most
of the story. In Susie's case, it's because she's dead. In Mia's case, it's because she's in a
coma after a car accident. Both narrators watch the people they left behind function and try to
deal with loss. Both narrators are removed from the story for the majority of the book as
decisive charactersthough Susie has to decide to move on and Mia has to decide whether to stay
or go. Susie is eventually able to move on and Mia chooses to stay alive.

creates suspense by having characters interact with Susie's murderer. Her father,
for...