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For the last and final essay of the semester, I decided to pick a couple themes that are included in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Themes are a very important part of any story, play, poem, or any writing for that matter. It is important to understand what themes are involved in a story because it helps the reader better understand what is going on throughout it all. This novel has two main characters named Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. In essence, this story is about both of these characters coming together to solve the disappearance of Harriet Vanger that is over forty years in the making. Throughout their journey to solve the mystery, I came across a couple key themes. Regarding The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, there are a few themes I chose to write about including: violence against women, the topic of revenge, and isolation.

In “How to Mark a Book”, Mortimer J. Adler delves into the importance of active reading. His purpose is to encourage an audience of readers to not be afraid to write in a book because “…the soul of a book can be separated from its body” (Adler 17). Meaning, a book is more than its physical being and deserves to be cherished for what is written inside of it.

Much of literature includes strong themes that authors base a story off of, hoping to convey this message to their readers. Reading has become a way to discover much more about life and morals. Therefore, in the words of James Bryce, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” Truman Capote proves this claim throughout his book In Cold Blood. Capote builds empathy throughout his narrative; by conveying powerful experiences and emotions, he guides the reader to better understand what leads these murderers to commit the crimes that they did and allows the reader to carry away a stronger feeling of empathy than before.

When I took off the top to that white box on that calm Sunday night, I was instantly transported into this astounding library, that seemed to come out of a movie scene, rows upon rows were piled up with Verne’s, Dumas’, Stevenson’s, and Melville’s. Each week I would open this box and choose a new book. It wasn’t long until weeks turned to days, and I began to greedily treasure my Stevenson’s, truly value friendship with Dumas, prepare for an adrenaline rush with Verne, but most importantly, it was my single Melville that brought me the pinnacle of happiness.

-As readers we come across many details in literature that hole significance, however the common reader usually misses the deeper

In the novel The book Thief, Markus Zusak explores that death and war are often more difficult for those who survive. At the center of the text is the idea that those who are left behind after tragedy suffer greatly. This is revealed through the hardship of life and experience a gentle transition. This was shown as an experience of Liesel who struggles as well as the other characters that have difficult processing their grief and guilt. Zusak’s novel acts to alert his readers the dangers of war and by the hardship of life and experience a gentle transition.

Sometimes the book made me laugh and I cried a bit in the end. You defiantly get caught by the book, by ‘A’ and the fascinating life ‘A’ lives. You want to know what happens with the people you meet through the story. You easily feel like you’re apart of the story.

Markus Zusak’s Book Thief chronicles the life of Liesel Meminger and those who crossed her path. Through his use of Death as a narrator, a profound underlying message of the wondrous complexity of the human world is presented, balancing the ever-present forces of evil and good.

The book, Mark of the Dragonfly, is a really exciting book. The main character, easgry, is just a small girl in a scrap town, who collects meteors which fall from the sky. One day, she goes out collecting and sees a wagon, but before she can get to it, a meteor lands on it and “kills” everyone in it. However, a girl named Anna survived. She can’t remember anything, but she is tattooed with a dragonfly, with many exotic colors. This means that she comes from the Dragonfly Territories and is protected by the king. If Anna is returned, whomever returns her will get a large sum of gold.

Thomas C. Foster prefaces his book by giving an example of how a figure like the devil is symbolized in many stories, even in a character that appears to be a simple man. A deal with the devil usually includes the protagonist figuratively selling his or her soul. In literature, a theme like this is found throughout many stories and novels. However, complicated analyses like this cannot be found by everyone, as seen in the puzzled class that is mentioned. With copious amounts of practice, any reader can become an expert at analyzing literature, and this introduces the reader of How to Read Literature Like a Professor to the type of material that the book will cover.

She is known throughout the internet world as, Wasp, a world renowned hacker who can hack into any server. In the first book, Lisbeth’s computer gets destroyed, leaving her without any form of connection to her favorite pastime and hobby. “She followed Ella Carmichael;s advice and packer her computer, Dimensions in Mathematics, some personal effects, and a change of clothes into her shoulder bag” (66 Larsson). This leaves her with the option to buy what would end up being her new prized possession, her brand new Macintosh. This is another very important object in the book, because without it, Lisbeth would not be able to do her job. Lisbeth uses her hacking skills to solve many problems throughout the book. At one point, she is held against her will, tortured, abused, and raped by the man who is supposed to make sure that she is taken care of throughout the rest of her adult life.☺ Using only her hacking skills and Macintosh, Salander is able to blackmail the man by indicting scandalous information on him, which ultimately protects herself from many other horrors he had in store. As seen in the beginning of the second book, Salander carries around her computer with more care than she would carry all of the money in the world. Though it seems that her connection with the world wide web may come back to bite her

A major character in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the girl with the dragon tattoo, Lisbeth Salander. Salander is the female protagonist who comes from a difficult and mysterious childhood. Known for her unconformity, she tends towards the unorthodox in her behaviors and appearances. Because of her reserved, repressed personality, Salander is oftentimes judged, misunderstood and dismissed by others. In the eyes of her colleagues, she's seen as a "the girl with two brain cells" and considered a "hopeless case".

Imagine your life as it is now, but with one of the people you love most missing. You have not heard from them in years, and you have no idea what happened to them, where they have gone, or, most importantly, if they are still alive. This is exactly how Henrik Vanger is living his life. His niece Harriet Vanger went missing long ago, and her disappearance has plagued him with a seemingly pointless, constant search for her. Nothing new has turned up in a long time and he decides to hire Mikael Blomkvist to search for Harriet. Mikael enlists the help of Lisbeth Salander, a woman with a messed up past full of sexual assault and violence. Lisbeth ends up becoming one of Mikael’s best friends, and eventually cracks the case of Harriet’s disappearance.

Throughout Webster’s play and Larsson’s novel, the women display solidarity, bravery, and assertiveness. Salander and the Duchess live how they please, with no fear of retaliation from the patriarchy. In the face of death, The Duchess courageously accepts her fate instead of begging for mercy, and when a victim or witness of violence, Salander takes action to ensure that justice is served, rather than shrinking away in fear. The Duchess and Lisbeth Salander are the most courageous

As the era of literature slowly declines, the expert critiques and praise for literature are lost. Previously, novels were bursting at the seams with metaphors, symbolism, and themes. In current times, “novels” are simply short stories that have been elaborated on with basic plot elements that attempt to make the story more interesting. Instead of having expert critical analysis written about them, they will, most likely, never see that, as recent novels have nothing to analyze. Even books are beginning to collect dust, hidden away and forgotten, attributing to the rise of companies such as Spark Notes. An author deserves to have his work praised, no matter how meager and the masses should have the right to embrace it or to reject it. As