Tuesday, May 5, 2015
#1 (Beware Spoilers)
I started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn almost a week ago and barely have been able to put it down, to a point where it's interfering with my school work. I managed to exchange studying for AP exams for reading it, and to actually make this blog post an "in-process" blog post, as the rubric requires. I'm almost done with it, and have an idea of using feminism for the central topic of my expository essay. I am thinking about this topic because I have just gotten to the part where Amy has revealed that she has been framing Nick for her murder, and has been the cause behind all of the evidence currently piling up against him. What's more, she's doing this to take revenge out on both her husband, for dragging her across the country and away from the life she wanted for herself, not accepting who she truly is, and cheating on her with a twenty-three year old student of his, and her parents for forcing her to become the perfect child they wrote about in their Amazing Amy children's' book series and not letting her become who she really is, or truly loving her at all. Okay, this is going to sound bad, but I'm totally rooting for her. She's aware that she deserves more than the shitty life that Nick has forced her into, in addition to being cheated on by a man who decided he didn't love her anymore when she revealed who she truly was to him. Amy decided for herself that she was going to make him pay for basically ruining her life. Okay, framing him for murder, setting him up to serve the rest of his life in prison, and quite possibly receive the death penalty might've been a bit harsh, but there's definitely some deserving there. However, things got a little out of hand when it came to her plan for the rest of her own life. She planned to take the rest of their savings, just about $10,000, and have that to live on until Nick was comfortably in prison. At that point, she would buy a cruise ticket, get drunk, take sleeping pills, and throw herself off the boat with the rocks she put in her pockets weighing her down. Eventually, when her body washed up on the shore, nobody would be able to tell the exact time of death and that would be enough to get Nick the death penalty. Whoa. I'm all for standing up for yourself and all that jazz, but killing yourself in order to seal the fate of your husband is in no way linked to the "feministy" vibe I was initially getting. I am still interested in talking about feminism in my paper, but I'm starting to think that Amy might just be crazy, and honestly, who wouldn't be after being raised by parents like hers?
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So, you are thinking about looking at how people pretend to be "someone else" in relationships? I think we talked about the "Invented self" today.
ReplyDeleteAoife, your book sounds very interesting and intense. Amy does seem crazy. How does she benefit from framing her husband if she has to kill herself in the process. I understand how you would originally be attracted to talking about feminism, but maybe now you can talk about insanity when seeking revenge. I know a lot of tragedies occur when someone's vengeance goes wrong. This is just an idea to think about. I'm curious to know what you think about the rest of the book. Ms. Romano said that one reason why she disliked the book was because she didn’t feel like she had anybody to root for. It seems like besides Amy, you don’t really like any of the characters either (and you don’t even really like Amy). So why do you enjoy the book so much, and how will that relate to what you are going to write about? Furthermore, in your next blog post, I’d like to see more about what you’re actually going to write about. I’m excited to see what you come up with because like the book you read, I’m sure it will be action-packed and fun to read.
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