-Mother and daughter (Lindsey and Abigail, Susie and Abigail, Grandma Lynn and Abigail)
1) Lindsey (not much of a talker) – Abigail and Lindsey are distant due to her mothers affair and because she left the family.
2) Susie and Abigail were close; became more distant as grief, pain, suffering grow to the point that it becomes unbearable and Abigail leaves.
3) Grandma Lynn and Abigail struggle to understand one another. (Off balance and no communication)
-Father and daughters: (Ruth and her dad, Jack and Susie, Lindsey and Jack)
1) Ruth and her father try to understand one another but it is very awkward relationship.
2) Susie and Jack have a very strong bong; boats thy build together etc.
3) Lindsey kept to herself, but grew closer to her father after Susie’s death. (Finds Mr. Harvey’s drawings of the den he dug out in the cornfield)
-Does this because she too suspects Mr. Harvey like her father
Brother and Sisters (Buckley and Lindsey, Buckley and Susie, Susie and Lindsey)
1) Buckley grew closer with Lindsey as he notices Susie’s disappearance.
2) Buckley and Susie share a special bond, when he stopped breathing she drove him to the hospital. (Susie saved Buckley’s life)
3) Susie had always admired her sister’s boldness and the way she was able to cope with different situations good and bad. Many people compare Lindsey to Susie, which becomes enraged with envy, but eventually she realizes that she should honor her sister and her memories.
Mr. Harvey and his Characterization - Why does Mr. Harvey take advantage of these girls?
-Having lost his mother figure at a young age, it made his childhood tragic and unbearable. He experienced harsh realities of a problematic childhood without the support and love of his parents, especially his mother. As he grew up he experiences traumatic dreams such as “Church of Transfiguration” and his mother running threw a field, which haunted him up until his death.
The significance of his dreams:
-Church of Transfiguration: “In this place, with these people, you have found home”.
-Dream of his mother running through the field on the side of the road with white Capri pants and a light white boat-neck shirt: depicts her as pure, safe and a loving mother when she gives him the amber necklace.
Amber necklace: symbolic: represents their permanent attachment and is a reminder of a pivotal moment in his life where control was needed but had none.
-What he lacks he forcefully takes from his victims. (Relates to his mother – forced out of the car)
-What Harvey takes from his victims is nothing but control, speech and choice. He takes away from his victims leaving them defenseless and powerless.
Relationships within the novel
-Mother and daughter (Lindsey and Abigail, Susie and Abigail, Grandma Lynn and Abigail)
1) Lindsey (not much of a talker) – Abigail and Lindsey are distant due to her mothers affair and because she left the family.
2) Susie and Abigail were close; became more distant as grief, pain, suffering grow to the point that it becomes unbearable and Abigail leaves.
3) Grandma Lynn and Abigail struggle to understand one another. (Off balance and no communication)
-Father and daughters: (Ruth and her dad, Jack and Susie, Lindsey and Jack)
1) Ruth and her father try to understand one another but it is very awkward relationship.
2) Susie and Jack have a very strong bong; boats thy build together etc.
3) Lindsey kept to herself, but grew closer to her father after Susie’s death. (Finds Mr. Harvey’s drawings of the den he dug out in the cornfield)
-Does this because she too suspects Mr. Harvey like her father
Brother and Sisters (Buckley and Lindsey, Buckley and Susie, Susie and Lindsey)
1) Buckley grew closer with Lindsey as he notices Susie’s disappearance.
2) Buckley and Susie share a special bond, when he stopped breathing she drove him to the hospital. (Susie saved Buckley’s life)
3) Susie had always admired her sister’s boldness and the way she was able to cope with different situations good and bad. Many people compare Lindsey to Susie, which becomes enraged with envy, but eventually she realizes that she should honor her sister and her memories.
Mr. Harvey and his Characterization
- Why does Mr. Harvey take advantage of these girls?
-Having lost his mother figure at a young age, it made his childhood tragic and unbearable. He experienced harsh realities of a problematic childhood without the support and love of his parents, especially his mother. As he grew up he experiences traumatic dreams such as “Church of Transfiguration” and his mother running threw a field, which haunted him up until his death.
The significance of his dreams:
-Church of Transfiguration: “In this place, with these people, you have found home”.
-Dream of his mother running through the field on the side of the road with white Capri pants and a light white boat-neck shirt: depicts her as pure, safe and a loving mother when she gives him the amber necklace.
Amber necklace: symbolic: represents their permanent attachment and is a reminder of a pivotal moment in his life where control was needed but had none.
-What he lacks he forcefully takes from his victims. (Relates to his mother – forced out of the car)
-What Harvey takes from his victims is nothing but control, speech and choice. He takes away from his victims leaving them defenseless and powerless.