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The Virgin Suicides
Caught up in the hormonal anxiety of being a teenager and gratitude of being ‘able’ to rebel, one easily looses touch with the innocence and petty butterflies-in-your-stomach, kind of feeling that society has overlooked. ... An over exaggeration, assume not, for a crush could very well lead to an obsession which could be a tragedy within itself; as told in Jeffrey Eugenide’s novel, The Virgin Suicides. ... “…We might still gather, who knows, a few of us at least, to reminisce about the Lisbon house and the girls whose hair, clotted on brushes we still keep faithfully …all of it is going- exhibits #1 though #97, arranged in five separate suitcases, each bearing a photograph of the deceased…” (Pg 246) when reflecting a year later, after the suicides. ... )
Morbid yet beautiful, The Virgin Suicides, was a reflection of the enigmatic ness of having loved someone.
Approximate Word count = 1401
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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