Author: Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn was born in Kansas City, Missouri, whose parents were both community- college professors. Her mom taught reading, while her father taught film.Flynn had a great childhood, because she had spent a lot of time watching movies and going through many books. She made a lot of good memories by reading books that she loved; and one of them was A Wrinkle in Time. While she was in high school, she had many strange jobs that she had to do.These jobs required her to do things such as wrap and unwrap hams, and even to dress up as a giant yogurt cone. After high school, she attended the University of Kansas, where she received her undergraduate degrees in both English and Journalism. After about two years writing about human resources in California for a trade magazine, she moved to Chicago. In Chicago, she went to Northern University, and earned her maters degree in Journalism.Flynn was also a movie geek, and she moved to New York City, where she joined Entertainment Weekly magazine, and wrote for 10 years, while visiting film sets all around the world. Flynn is also the author of Dark Places and Sharp Objects. Her book, Dark Places, was the first book to ever win multiple Daggers in one year.Flynn's work has been published around the world in 28 different countries. Now, she lives in Chicago with her husband Bret Nolan, their one son, and a cat named Roy.
Genre: Fiction
Characteristics of fiction: Fiction is any narrative work in which the events that take place are imaginary. In a story, the plot is the overall action, or the sequence of events, that make up the whole story. Also, the point of view refers to how the author is telling the story, and from whose perspective. So, fiction is something that never really happened, and is told in the form of a story.
Characters and Character Traits
Nick Dunne: Nick is a very calm, and an independent guy. He likes to do things his way, and is not a very emotional or romantic husband. He is the husband of Amy Elliot, and tries to make her happy, but he somehow cannot all the time. He is significant to the story, because he is one of the main reasons why Amy disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary, and always lies to his wife. Nick is a dynamic character in the story, because he goes from being a selfish, not caring cheating husband, to a guy who wants to get his wife back, and truly cares for her. He is also the main character in the story.
Amy Elliot: Amy is a very nice, respectful, and a caring wife to her husband Nick. She tries everything she can to make sure that Nick is happy even if that means she has to live with lies, and makes her unhappy. She is significant to the story, because she is not the person she seems to be in the beginning of the story. She was pretending to be a different person, but then her true colors showed, when she was the one who framed Nick was the one who killed her. So Amy is a dynamic character, because her attitude, and her personality changes significantly in the story. Amy is also a major character in the story, and is a wife who can really trick her husband with success.
Go: Go is Nick's brother, and sort of acts as a protector towards Nick. She is a girl that Nick can always rely on, and feels the most comfortable around her. Go is a very strong, cautious, and a strong headed person, who makes decisions by herself. She is a significant character in the story, because she helps Nick out with the disappearance of Amy, and tries to support him through this situation. She makes sure that Nick does not make any wrong moves, that might hurt him in any way. Go is a static character in the story, because her attitude does not change, and stays the same throughout the story. She is also one of the major characters, and is the one who has the closest relationship with Nick.
Themes and Symbols:
Themes - Do not be fooled by the appearance a person seems to bring
Even the most nice and sweetest person cannot be trusted
Trying to please someone may not end up the way you wish it would
Symbols - Treasure Hunt: The treasure hunt is a major symbol, because Amy always does a treasure hunt on their anniversary. This was a way that tested Nick on their relationship, and Amy shows her love for Nick.
Puppets: The puppets represent the stress and struggles between Amy and Nicks's marriage. This was Amy's way of showing that she is sick and tired of Nick playing games with her, and she will get back at him. They were representing a threat towards Nick, and he should be afraid.
Important Quotes: "My wife was no longer my wife but a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers" (Flynn 49).
Amy Elliot: Amy is a very nice, respectful, and a caring wife to her husband Nick. She tries everything she can to make sure that Nick is happy even if that means she has to live with lies, and makes her unhappy. She is significant to the story, because she is not the person she seems to be in the beginning of the story. She was pretending to be a different person, but then her true colors showed, when she was the one who framed Nick was the one who killed her. So Amy is a dynamic character, because her attitude, and her personality changes significantly in the story. Amy is also a major character in the story, and is a wife who can really trick her husband with success.
Go: Go is Nick's brother, and sort of acts as a protector towards Nick. She is a girl that Nick can always rely on, and feels the most comfortable around her. Go is a very strong, cautious, and a strong headed person, who makes decisions by herself. She is a significant character in the story, because she helps Nick out with the disappearance of Amy, and tries to support him through this situation. She makes sure that Nick does not make any wrong moves, that might hurt him in any way. Go is a static character in the story, because her attitude does not change, and stays the same throughout the story. She is also one of the major characters, and is the one who has the closest relationship with Nick.
Themes and Symbols:
Themes - Do not be fooled by the appearance a person seems to bring
Even the most nice and sweetest person cannot be trusted
Trying to please someone may not end up the way you wish it would
Symbols - Treasure Hunt: The treasure hunt is a major symbol, because Amy always does a treasure hunt on their anniversary. This was a way that tested Nick on their relationship, and Amy shows her love for Nick.
Puppets: The puppets represent the stress and struggles between Amy and Nicks's marriage. This was Amy's way of showing that she is sick and tired of Nick playing games with her, and she will get back at him. They were representing a threat towards Nick, and he should be afraid.
Important Quotes: "My wife was no longer my wife but a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers" (Flynn 49).
- This quote is significant, because it describes how Nick and Amy have been slowly becoming farther apart from one another, and how Nick seems to be losing some trust towards Amy. He now looks at his wife as some sort of threat.
- This quote is significant, because Nick was doing an interview on his wife Amy Amy when she went missing. And also, since by this point Nick knew that Amy was framing him, he had to make himself sound like he wants Amy back. But truly deep down, he feels used and betrayed by his own wife, who turned out to be much more clever and smarter than he though she would be.
