Coping with death and grief can often times be very difficult. It can cause the strongest of people to break down. People can blame themselves, develop bad habits, convince themselves that their loved ones are in a better place, and etc. In my book, we can see these ways of coping with the death of a loved one. First we have Lizzie's parents who find comfort in thinking that Lizzie's death was a quick and painless one. They don't know this for a fact, but they are really convincing each other and portraying it as a fact. Lucy, who is Lizzie's dog, doesn't realizes that this is just a way of finding comfort for the parents, chooses to deal with the death in her own way. Lucy chooses to act as if Liz has just gone off to college and doesn't want to come back to visit. She knows that this is not the case but it is just another way of coping with the death.
This picture is showing the five stages of grieving, which was created by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss psychiatrist. These 5 stages are shown as hurdles that we must get over in order to be okay with the death of a loved one. From reading the book, I believe that Lizzie's loved ones are still in the denial stage. They are not thinking clearly and are blocking out the facts. This is true especially with her dog Lucy who knows that she is death but chooses to convince herself that Lizzie is alive.
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