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Essay On The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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I am doing my literacy paper on the book called The girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This book is about a women named Harriet Vanger who disappeared 40 years ago from a family gathering that was on an island owned by the Vanger family. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and the killer is a member of his own dysfunctional family. He gets a financial journalist named Mikael Blomkvist and a ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the two link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history, but the Vangers are a sneaky clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. As Lisbeth and Mikael get to trust eachother, they develop a romantic relationship. Together they are able to discover that Harriett was not killed as Henrik Vanger thought. Mikael and Lisbeth learn that Harriett has connected the gruesome murders of women across Sweden in the 1940’s- 1960’s to verses …show more content…

First off, its more of Lisbeth’s world, not so much as Mikael, The Wennerstrom affair, Mikaels relationships, and the problems at Millennium are all put behind. Time spent with Lisbeth is expanded and feels more significant. Also, Lisbeth’s personal relationships are more limited. Her mother is non-existent and her non-hacker friends are never introduced, but she is always outlooking within the books but in the movie she is considered lonely. Another thing I noticed is the clues to the mystery are more discerned and are less detailed. For example, Mikael jumps at identifying Anita in a window just moments after he starts looking at the Vanger family pictures. There are also fewer people who could have committed to the crime, the only Vangers that matter are Henrik, Martin and

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