Paula Hawkins The Girl On The Train

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is brutally realistic; there are many improbable twists and turns. Throughout the novel there seem to be many different conflicts. Though Hawkins's three narrators are female, giving the female voice a central place in the story, the values by which the main female characters - Rachel, Megan, and Anna - live and are judged by others largely conform with traditional portrayals of women defined by looks and the ability to be a “normal” woman. All three women are jobless, though they have held jobs, and the two women who are married depend on their husbands for both monetary and a good deal of emotional support. Not only are…..Throughout the story, women are portrayed as people who are dependent on their …show more content…
Rachel seems to be a conflict between Tom and Anna who try turning everyone against Rachel, saying she was the last one with Megan. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing. She decides she has to tell Gaskill about having seen Megan with another man. She also emails Scott, who is under suspicion in the disappearance of his wife. When Scott and Rachel meet, Rachel lies and tells him she was a friend of Megan’s. Then she tells him about seeing Megan kissing Kamal, hoping this information will help his case. Scott reports this to the police, and Kamal is questioned and released. Scott continues to call Rachel afterward, hoping she can provide more answers or simply be near because she was someone who knew Megan. Days and weeks pass with no sign of Megan. Rachel tries to sort out what she may have said, done or seen the night Megan vanished. She even starts visiting Kamal for therapy, giving him no indication she knows anything about the murder case. She hopes to get