Analysis Of Amazing Amy Dunne

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My online profile makes me appear flawless because I only post the best versions of myself during my happiness moments. Never letting the world see my flaws or sorrows. Because society has dictated that only perfect people are happy. But what is perfect? The official definition states it is having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be. But is it possible for a human to be described using that definition? And despite the famous cliche that “nobody is perfect” everybody strives to be perfect and since nobody is people change their personality and appearance in an attempt. For example, media edits celebrities to fit the ideal standards. Couples brag on first dates humbly revealing their great qualities while masking the …show more content…

Their grieving story served as an example for all iminators including myself that pretending won’t lead to happiness instead it inflicts emotional dissatisfaction. From childhood, parents raise their children to be the best versions of themself teaching them to never lie, steal or hurt. However, Amy Elliot Dunne grew up in the shadow of the literary protagonist of her parent’s children's books, Amazing Amy. Therefore, Amy had felt a crushing pressure as the only child and the inspiration for the books to live up to her parents demanding expectations. Amy admits that every mistake or wrong decision that she made left her less perfect in her parent's eyes and caused her to painfully admit her realization that“...whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right,” (Flynn 26). During Amy’s life her errors haunted her thought those books which influenced her behavior. With the Amazing Amy’s popularity, she herself became a symbol of perfection to which she was determined to live up to in front of everybody. Amy herself became Amazing Amy in her real life. She was a character in the book

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