“My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?’ He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you. But he said,
‘Because I feel sorry for you.’
‘Why?’
‘Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.” – Amy and Nick Elliot Dunne, Gone Girl.
The novel, ‘Gone Girl’, written by Gillian Flynn, is an excellent example of how written texts focus on troublesome behaviour so that we can be warned of issues in our own life. The novel focuses on the breakdown of the marriage of the main characters, Nick and Amy Elliot-Dunne. Amy decides that she must have revenge against her husband, and frames him for her murder, and the story slowly reveals details of their seven year relationship and how they became so twisted. The troublesome behaviour is …show more content…
He acts as though he doesn’t particularly care about anything and remains very placid in the first part of the novel. He is very nonchalant when the police are investigating his house, not at all concerned that there seems to have been a struggle in the living room and a splatter of blood in the kitchen. When at the police station answering questions, it’s revealed that he doesn’t know his wife’s blood type, clothing size or if she had any friends. These are questions any husband should be able to answer, since your spouse is the person you spend the most tie with. Our first real glimpse at Nick’s suspicious and unsettling attitude towards his missing wife is at the first press conference (although, at every press conference Nick attends he comes out looking far more guilty than he did previously, such as the ‘baby bombshell’ at the night-time vigil). Nick barely says anything to the press, his stone cold frozen face a huge contrast to his parents-in-law sombre expressions, and what he does say is of no use nor comfort at all. The big ‘one-two’ punch in the gut comes possibly in the most sadistic form- when having a photo op with Amy’s missing poster, he has the audacity to smile. On the first reading of the novel,
‘Because I feel sorry for you.’
‘Why?’
‘Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.” – Amy and Nick Elliot Dunne, Gone Girl.
The novel, ‘Gone Girl’, written by Gillian Flynn, is an excellent example of how written texts focus on troublesome behaviour so that we can be warned of issues in our own life. The novel focuses on the breakdown of the marriage of the main characters, Nick and Amy Elliot-Dunne. Amy decides that she must have revenge against her husband, and frames him for her murder, and the story slowly reveals details of their seven year relationship and how they became so twisted. The troublesome behaviour is …show more content…
He acts as though he doesn’t particularly care about anything and remains very placid in the first part of the novel. He is very nonchalant when the police are investigating his house, not at all concerned that there seems to have been a struggle in the living room and a splatter of blood in the kitchen. When at the police station answering questions, it’s revealed that he doesn’t know his wife’s blood type, clothing size or if she had any friends. These are questions any husband should be able to answer, since your spouse is the person you spend the most tie with. Our first real glimpse at Nick’s suspicious and unsettling attitude towards his missing wife is at the first press conference (although, at every press conference Nick attends he comes out looking far more guilty than he did previously, such as the ‘baby bombshell’ at the night-time vigil). Nick barely says anything to the press, his stone cold frozen face a huge contrast to his parents-in-law sombre expressions, and what he does say is of no use nor comfort at all. The big ‘one-two’ punch in the gut comes possibly in the most sadistic form- when having a photo op with Amy’s missing poster, he has the audacity to smile. On the first reading of the novel,