The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Book Analysis

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was originally a book written by Stieg Larsson and translated from swedish by Reg Keeland. In 2009 the book was made into a (swedish) movie directed by Neils Arden Oplev before the film was adapted into an american version by David Fincher in 2009. I watched the american version which was surprisingly not anything as to what I had expected, which was an over-dramatized movie completely different from the book. In fact, the movie kept most of the plot based on the book, with the exception of one very important difference, the ending. I will not spoil anything in case you have not read/watched the movie/book, but there are some minor differences i will explain throughout this essay. The first difference is that Lisbeth Salander is slightly more exaggerated as a strong independant female. She was already a very rebellious character but in my eyes the movie brought that to life, her attitude, her “look”, her everything was even more than it already was. I enjoyed this small but significant change because of the way you view Salander after watching the movie. I saw her as a what is commonly referred to as, a feminist. In fact throughout the entire book there were constant small messages about women and how they are treated, viewed, and most importantly how they feel and react to everything. …show more content…

In the book, every step to solving the case was explained in detail and in a way where it kept you hooked and wanting to read more. In the book it was very different, the mystery was solved very quickly in a way where it was hard to keep up and understand. With that being said the whole movie was very fast paced and undetailed, but it is understandable because the book was very long and it would have been extremely difficult to try and fit it all into such a limited time. Even so, I really enjoyed watching the mystery unfold and watching the twist on the already twisted

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