Literature Analysis Book ( Beach Girls )

The overall theme of the book is about love forgiveness and understanding. The daughter Nell sets grief for her late mother and sets the tone throughout the story by showing her point of view as a 9 year old who sees life with a lot of love needed to be spread. The tone of the story sadness and loneliness because the father also known as the widow is afraid to fall in love or just afraid of love in general and is always hiding away his feelings in desperate need of love again but can't seem to find it while Nell cries every night wanting her mother back. Lastly Stevie not being able to find love for herself and always painting birds and writing stories because she's always feeling lonely. The plot of the story is how the characters are haunted by so many emotions and can't seem to fix them because they are to afraid ever since Emma died. The diction of this story is formal because the author describes each character to be seeking love while being lonely. An example of syntax is Nell felt it now, scalding the soles of her tender feet. "ouch, ouch," she said out loud. This shows how the author uses syntax correctly. Characterization takes a big part of this book because this book is being created and constructed by a fictional characters. Overall this book is a a haunting beauty that will resonate long after the final page is turned.