seen throughout the book there are three types of death; physical death, death of a

relationship, the death of a previous life or the death of a dream.

Vanessa has been through a lot of family deaths. Some of these deaths have been

un-preventable, such as the stillborn baby sister of her’s. When her grandfather Connor

died, it was un-preventable. He died of a stroke and Vanessa wasn’t even there. Also,

when Mr. Pearl was going through his death, her father was just there to watch him die.

Vanessa was very inconsiderate about his death, she talked grotesquely about it to her

grandfather, just to stand up for her father. Also, there were also some deaths that might

have been prevented. For example, her uncle Roderick died because his eye was shot out

and it made the war tougher for him. He might not have died if he hadn’t lost sight in his

eye or he didn’t lie about his age and

Some topics in this essay:
Bird House, Grandfather Connor, Canada Ewen’s, Jimmy Lorimer, Grandfather Connor’s, Ewen European, Grandfather Conner, grandfather connor, previous life, Love Death, grandmother connor, family deaths deaths, grandfather connor interfering, jimmy lorimer, deaths deaths, death physical, connor died, vanessa family deaths, vanessa family, european woman, previous life died, throughout book,