Stieg Larsson

With The Dragon Tattoo, a Must! It was, famously, the first of Stieg Larsson’s final novel series. “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” gave way to a thrilling literary and film trilogy of contemporary heroism and counterculture mystique. Lisbeth Salander, the novel’s subject, is different from other heroines. She wears almost exclusively black clothing, has multiple facial piercings and died jet-black hair. She’s exactly the type of girl you would never want to take home to mom, if she let you, (she wouldn’t). Lisbeth is a product of a tragic childhood accident that killed both of her parents and left her in the care of misogynistic caretakers. She is a symbol of the kind of destructive power man…

In the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Lisbeth Salander exemplifies the strength, loyalty and courage of a modern woman who has always suffered mistreatment and prejudice. Moreover, this movie is based on the first book of the trilogy Millennium, created by Stieg Larsson. Both, the book and the movie, narrates the story of Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist of the magazine Millennium, whose credibility is questioned when he publishes an article about a business man named Hans-Erik…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a crime-filled novel which can be looked at from various perspectives. We must use a sociological perspective to examine these crimes due to the vast amount of crimes that occur, the way in which they are discovered, and the way in which they occur. The social conditions under which these crimes occur also contributes to a better understanding of the crimes themselves. This novel portrays libel, serial murder, sexual assault, rape, and white-collar crime. It…

Sub-Subtlety: The Dynamics of Propaganda and Sex Stieg Larsson hates rape and Nazis. His book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is quite clear in that respect, and though those two things are pretty much universally disliked, Larsson is really good at making you hate them even more. In The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo there is an evident detest toward women in Sweden. All violence in the novel is representative of the misogynistic socio-political landscape within the context of the Larsson’s…

publishing information about his dealings, but Wennerstrom’s power gives him an advantage over Mikael. In the epilogue of the book, Mikael reveal these thoughts on corruption by stating that it is “people who decide that this or that company is worth so many billions, more or less” (Larsson 205). The Vanger family are firm supporters of Nazism and this is among the reasons why some of their family members are so dysfunctional. The quote, “Isn’t it fascinating that Nazis always manages to adopt…

Hate Women' was written by Steig Larsson. Set in modern times; the story revolves around a missing girl who was believed to have been murdered. Her Uncle Henrik Vanger hires two socially isolated investigators named Lisbeth Salander, and Blomkvist Mikael. These two work together and try to find out what had happened to Henrik's grandniece. In the novel Stieg Larsson depicts how violence…

Overall,I found the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by international award winning Stieg Larsson a gripping obsession which demonstrates many compelling compartments. It captures a murder mystery,the growth of a love story and family saga’s which make an intriguing combination that develops into a satisfying and complex atmospheric novel. This novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be highly recommended to year 12 students.This entertaining novel around the two main characters Mikael…

Swedish Journalist, Stieg Larsson once said, “Impulsive actions lead to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.” Romeo was the source of almost all tragedy in this Shakespearean work. This protagonist is a flawed character, and this becomes easier to realize throughout the play. He often reacted quickly, without thinking about the consequences. This is the impulsive actions mentioned in the quote. He had good intentions, but his intentions were not clear through his actions.…

Stieg Larsson’s novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is an intense thriller that concentrates on the systematic violence against women in Sweden. The original Swedish title translated to Men Who Hate Women, the story revolves around solving the forty-year-old disappearance of Harriet Vanger. While looking into what seemed as a murder, Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist, and research assistant, Lisbeth Salander, began to uncover a series of violent murders of women from the past and…

Sometimes hidden in a family, is a secret; it could be as big as a murder, or as a small as planning a surprise party. However for the Vanger family there lies a deep secret about the murder of their niece, Harriet. In the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, a man named Mikael Blomkvist tries to uncover the secrets of the family with the help of his partner, Lisbeth Salander. In the investigation they face troubles; discrimination and violence against women is a vast problem…