Virgin+Suicides+2W

Group Members:
Melissa A Chantal A Haley P Eric E Erin B
 * Kent

How is the overall theme of the novel developed? = = //**The Virgin Suicides**// is by Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers around the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for the acts. The novel is atypical in that it was written in first person plural from the perspective of an anonymous group of teenage boys who became infatuated with the girls, a style mirroring a Greek chorus. The narrator(s) rely on relics and interviews gathered in the two decades after the suicide to construct the tale. The novel is rich in descriptive detail, using observations about the state of the Lisbon house and the contents of the girls’ rooms to advance the plot. The effect is that the reader glimpses the novel’s main characters as if he or she were one of the neighborhood onlookers. The novel was released and adapted into a 1999 film by director Sofia Coppola.
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 * Publisher:** Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 * Publication Date**: 1993
 * Pages:** 249
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Why is Lux so sexually active? (she's only 14) Why doesn't Cecelia's death phase the sisters? Mid 70s in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. How does the small town setting influence the story? ****Themes:** -Suicide -Religion -Relationships (Lux)
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Criticism/Commentary:** Very detailed. Kind of creepy the way the boys across the street watch the Lisbon girls. "'Obviously, Doctor,' she said, 'you've never been a thirteen-year-old girl.'" (7). top of page 22
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