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In the novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a young man’s life is turned upside down when his wife fakes her own murder, and frames him. Nick and Amy had fallen for each other at a writers party, and dated for two magical years before Nick proposed to Amy at an “Amazing Amy” function. “Amazing Amy” was a children’s story that Amy’s parents had created with he as their muse, and they were often more focused on the fictional Amy than the real one. In the beginning years of their marriage, Nick and Amy were obsessed with each other, always promising that they would never end up like “those couples” who would argue endlessly and treat each other as if they were not once in love. Despite their valiant efforts and promises, a recession, Nick’s mother’s …show more content…
Having the woman be the antagonist in the marriage changed the feminist views that usually accompany a story about abuse. This was a case where a woman would not let her husband her hurt in such a cowardly way, without some sort of revenge. The extent to which Amy goes to ensure her husband’s arrest shows the tendencies of a sociopath. From taking pints of her own blood to fake a crime scene, to faking her own pregnancy, and even murdering a man to ensure her story was as believable and heartbreaking as possible. She was manipulative and sneaky, but she also faced some problems during her process of disappearing. She had initially planned to actually kill herself, but after some thought, realized that she did not deserve to …show more content…
Although she had been in a minorly abusive relationship, her reaction to the situation, and her form of revenge is not within the realm of normal human behavior. It can be argued that Amy is a psychopath, for creating such a meticulous string of false evidence, changing her own identity, and contemplating suicide. Throughout this, however, she still functions normally, and even makes friendly relationships along the way. Prior to her “murder,” Amy befriended a neighbor, and filled her with stories of Nick’s abuse, and even telling her that she was “pregnant,” so that when the story got out, she would speak on her behalf. Then, while undercover, Amy became friends with the people she lived near, ensuring some sort of companionship during her times as “Nancy” rather than Amy. In the beginning of the novel, Amy was seen as the victim, being emotionally torn apart by her husband, as if she were a puppet, but by the end of the novel, Flynn made it obvious that "Amy clearly isn 't a puppet on a string. She 's the puppet master (149)." She believed that “ The bigger the lie, the more they believe it (115).” Amy was extremely likeable and extroverted, regardless of her actions, making her the perfect example of
At the beginning of the story, Amy is a gangly and awkward pre-teen, not caring what others think, playing in mud, and painting on her skin with the blue clay from the creek. As summer comes to an end, Amy stops dressing in her grungy t-shirts and cut off jean shorts, and more like her popular preppy friends at school, as it is more important to her that she wears what her friends wear, rather than what she likes to wear. At school, all of her friends’ names end with an “i”, so hers changes to
He wasn’t happy being with her anymore. He had cheated on Amy with one of his students at a college, and fell in love with her. Amy found out and soon wanted revenge on him. She decided that she would frame Nick for murdering her. “...I began to think of a different story, a better story, that would destroy Nick for doing this to me. A story that would restore my perfection…” (Flynn 234). She had and stole Nick’s money, left presents for him all over town, and staged a “crime scene” in their living room. When Nick went to the police, they were already suspicious. Nick’s sister Margo realizes what she’s doing and states “She’s keeping Nick running in circles, she’s amusing herself. I’m sure she was happy just knowing what a guilt trip it must be for Nick to be reading all these sweet notes…” (Flynn 256). While Amy was hiding out and enjoying herself, “She was gone, yet she was more present than anyone else” (Flynn 214). Nick would’ve never thought she was willing to go to such great lengths to get back at him. He never really knew her at all, it
Then, the authors switch to the past story of Bishop family in Braintree, along with tragic death of Amy 'sibling, Seth. The structure of this essay help readers better understand the psychological development of a young girls Amy Bishop, and the external influence has created an Amy Bishop today. After the death of Seth, Keefer mentioned about the lack of mental therapy, counseling or absent of Psychiatric evaluation, and most important, the over protection of Judy, Amy’s mother, to avoid her child from being in jail. Amy did not receive enough mentally help, and a heavy psychological shadow has created a mental defect later in her life. "Amy continued to eat meals in the kitchen where her brother had die, and to walk past his bedroom with old woodworking project bore the chiseled letters S-E-T-H.” This quote is very important, because imagine if you were Amy, and living in an environment that is always reminiscent of the worst memories! It will ruin anyone's soul. In later investigate, Amy said that she felt stress, hallucinations, and "hear the voice" off and on, but her family did not aware of such changes. This detail is similar with other mass shooting in the United States, the lack of sophistication to recognize the "walking bomb." The purpose of Keefer's essay is to look at the past of a mass shooter, we can understand their motives, and
To Begin with, growing up Amy and Seth shared a seemingly ideal childhood in Braintree, Massachusetts which was a small town south of Boston. Amy took after her father as a bookworm while Seth took after his mother who was an avid horsewoman involved in local politics. Bishop excelled in school and was an exceptionally good student and a devoted violinist. She was also quiet, almost invisible at Braintree High School. Bishop was very close to her brother claiming that he had saved her life after almost falling off a cliff. Both siblings chose to attend their father’s university when it was time for college. Furthermore, on December 6, 1986, Amy and her father had an argument. Amy upset with her father went into his bedroom where he keeps his gun, which he bought after being burglarized. Amy told her mother that there was a shell in the gun and that she didn’t...
Amy Denver’s character was created to act as prophet in the freedom and creation of Sethe and Denver. Together, all three are not just ordinary people. Amy can speak prophetically and create with nature’s help while nature adapts to her needs. She speaks truth, while gently healing both physical and mental wounds. In short, she is one of those people we see and can’t keep our eyes off. Sethe too, follows her motions and trusts an Anglo-Saxon human for the first time.
As the title suggests, Amy's life seen to the audience as being a train wreck, only she doesn't see it that way. she lives her life like how many males live their lives - earns good money, has various sexual partners, parties hard and then gets up and does it all again the next day. Since she was a child she has always believed that “monogamy isn't realistic” now as an adult Amy who is into her thirties starts to realise that her previous belief may not be true.
Amy states, “I’ll do any or everything to get a baby” (77). Her eagerness leads her to seek solace in another man, Holland Winchester. This adulterous affair results in an ill-conceived child. Billy is not a trouble-making man until trouble finds him shortly after he discovers the affair between his wife and Holland. Billy asks Amy angrily, “Whose child is it?” (116) and he eagerly waits for Amy’s reply. Amy replies Billy, “It’s my child, Billy. But it can be ours if you want” (118). After hearing this, Billy truly doesn’t know what to do and he takes a promise from Amy that she will never be with Holland again. Thus, though Billy is angry at his wife at one moment, he doesn’t want to loose her wife, so he compromises the situation. Moreover, Billy also tries to understand Amy’s situation and remembers how Amy chose him to be her husband regardless of his abnormal leg. Figuring out all situation, Billy forgive his wife and accept her child as his own. Thus, Billy is a good man who understands and loves his wife and becomes a hero for his
Every person knows of someone who has been uprooted from their hometown and moved somewhere else. I was moved from my home and if I had the choice I would have went anywhere else then there. What if you had the choice to stay or go. One drop of blood and you could seal your fate. Veronica Roth has the power to pull you in and trap your mind in her Divergent series. Her main characters Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton, Four to his friends, develope in the book they show familiar characteristic to my life and decisions I 've made or would make. In the book I am reading by Roth, Allegiant, the third installment in the series, it’s riveting and sucks you in for hours at a time. Tris and Four along with Cristina , Peter and Caleb among others have just
Does Amy’s beauty and mystique represent something deeper? In Katherine Anne Porter’s “Old Mortality,” there is an obvious obsession amongst most of the novella’s characters with Amy’s beauty. Most of the female characters throughout the novella are often compared to Amy by her family’s elders. These characters are often described as coming close to embodying Amy’s beauty (or not at all), but it is generally recognized that no one will ever be able to be quite as beautiful as Amy was. While there are a few descriptions of Amy’s physical appearance throughout the novella, there seems to be more of a focus on her careless behavior. Many of the novella’s central figures identify this kind of behavior as something that contributed to her charm
In the beginning of the novel, we see her interact with her husband as they are struggling to survive in their middle class social system. It’s easy to dislike Amy Reardon; although she maintains a household, for a while, she cares more about her image than her actual marriage. However, if one considers that during this era image meant everything, Amy’s character becomes more relatable. Amy’s husband ultimately expects too much from his wife. As a writer who refuses to write anything but volumes in a literary changing world, he gives Amy no choice but to leave him. Amy expects little from her husband except the maintenance of a middle class lifestyle, including: a maid, stylish, new clothes, and attendance at societal parties. At the beginning of their marriage, Amy married Edwin Reardon thinking that one day he would be an established, well-off writer. However, due to his stubbornness, he begins declination in wealth quickly. Amy pushes her husband to write something (anything, really) to bring in money. In fact, after he asks her if they can move to a smaller, cheaper place, she urges him “but think what it means, to give up our home and position. That is open confession of failure. It would be horrible” (86). Amy would rather Edwin sacrifices artistic views/ideology in order for her to live comfortably. But in the world the Reardon’s live in, image means everything; therefore, Amy doesn’t
When Amir feels unloved by Baba, his father, it will lead Amir to betray his friend and brother Hassan, by leaving him to be raped in an alley to redeem Baba’s love. Amir even as a young boy knew of his feelings of detachment from Baba, and always strived to please Baba. Amir was crazed with the idea of pleasing Baba to achieve his love. In order to achieve this “love”, Amir will betray Hassan. Hassan is also the son of Baba, but that is unknown to both Amir and Hassan, which makes it easier for Amir to betray him. Hassan is also a Hazara which is lower class in Afghanistan, who typically serves the upper class. Amir and Hassan do a lot of stuff together though, such as the Kite Fighting competition. When Amir wins the competition, he sees
The novel is written from the daughter's perspective and the excerpt reveals the relationship Amy Tan has with her mother. She uses a distant, hateful, and bitter tone to illustrate the negative and tense relationship they have. Amy Tan calls her mother, mother which shows the distance between them. For Tan’s mother there is only one kind of daughter. She is forcing Tan to be something she is not and that comes back to haunt her when Tan screams, “‘Then I wish I’d never been born!’ I shouted. ‘I wish I were dead! Like them’”(Tan 141-142). Tan knew that by saying this it would hurt her mother deeply. She wanted exactly that to get revenge on her mother for treating her the way she did. The two have a bitter, hateful mother-daughter relationship that is an ongoing issue between
She is now methodical, coming up with an alibi and practicing holding a normal conversation in the mirror with the neighborhood grocer (Dahl 2). Returning home, Mary prepares to act shocked when she arrives to the scene of the crime, telling herself if she “found anything unusual or terrible when she got home..she would have to react with greift and horror” (Dahl 3). At this point, Mary is very calculated and in control. She knows how to react and what to do to avoid facing the repercussions of murder. Once back at home, she calls the police, and once they arrive she begins to play the part of a grieving wife, crying endlessly. But she was still well-organized and managed to manipulate the situation into her control. Knowing full and well all she needs to do is get rid of the evidence, her now calculating mood formulates a plan. Still under the rouge of a grief stricken wife, she asks the officers, “Would you do me a favor?...Why don’t you eat up the lamb in the oven?” (Dahl 4). This showcases how methodical she is, using the situation to her
Both Nolan and Gillian, take the same approach by creating fearful anticipation for the responders by portraying their text through unreliable characters. In Gone Girl, Flynn uses double narration as a means to translate the unreliability of the Nick and Amy. This first-person narration allows the reader to understand the character's emotions and reactions to events. Amy and Nick 'duel' back and forth in the sense that the chapters alternate between their points of view by slowly revealing information that has been hidden or omitted. However, over time the readers discover that the initial situation is not an accurate representation of what occurs. For example, diary Amy who is nothing like the real Amy feeds the readers false information about Nick that implicates him. This
Amy, the youngest of the four sisters, only partially realizes this towards the beginning of the novel and does not truly finish this realization until the very end of the novel when she and Laurie become married. In chapter seven, Amy brings a bag of limes to school because many of her classmates make