The Girl Who Played with Fire

Final Essay FGSS1104 Will Stange The Girl 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 Kiki Kannibal: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Sabrina Rubin Erdely discusses the tragic situations Kiki went through after she began expressing herself on MySpace and literally started living an online life. The main question that arise from Kiki’s story is that where is the balance between free speech and privacy online. The lines between private property and public realm are progressively becoming fainter and weaker as more individuals becomes connected through the internet. In Rachel…

The article “147 Dead, Nobody Guilty” published by The Literary Digest magazine explores the tragic accident which happened in the factory of the Triangle Waist Company in 1911. The Asch building appeared to be on fire, while the workers were trapped inside. As a result of the accident, 147 persons, mostly women and girls, were killed by a fire. The owners of the Triangle Waist Company, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, who went on trial for manslaughter were not found guilty of the tragedy.…

Observing a child is an interesting experiences. I can find that the differences between the children real behave what I think about they behave before I observed. I observed a three year-old girl who is in preschool at California State University, Sacramento at around three in the afternoon. For the purpose of confidentially, I would call her Lina. There are couple teachers in the class, and each teacher has a group of children that they are responsible for. It is not a big class there are only…

Stieg Larsson's "The Millennium" series became a worldwide hit that started by the critically acclaimed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." As the first book installment was adapted into a movie and would soon have a sequel, there are reports that David Lagercrantz will write "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" fifth book. David Lagercrantz has been known for taking over Stieg Larsson's "The Millennium" series after the latter's death in 2004. He first wrote the fourth book "The Girl in the…

“Uprising” is about three girls living in early 20th century New York City. Bella, was an Italian immigrant working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, while her whole family dies in Italy; Yetta, a Russian immigrant who also works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was brought over by her sister Rahel; and Jane, the daughter of a rich factory owner, who runs away from home and gets a job as the governess of the daughters of Mr Blanck, the owner of Triangle. All of these are caught in the midst…

hear and see someone winding up a music box in a dark room with the fire on to keep warm from the cold, windy weather of winter. If you look closely next to the window, you see Christmas things such as Christmas lights and Christmas tree. So that means, the setting also takes place during Christmas time. Then, you see the person recording the music on a phone. After that, the person is drinking something around the fire in his chair with an…

Growing up, Barbie played a large role in my childhood. I always had to have the newest Barbie doll, as well as all of the other characters, and accessories associated with Barbie herself. However, it wasn't until I grew older, that I realized how unrealistic Barbie's lifestyle, and body was. We learn not only throughout this class, but in many others throughout our university experience, that Barbie is not a positive role model for children, as like previously mentioned, she is unrealistic.…

witchcraft. Witch trials series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. In the Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many people were accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials that lasted from 1692 until 1693. These people were accused by children who sought for attention and were overcome with fear. It’s evident that many people played a role in the hysteria and the lives of many people besides the children but, Abigail Williams and Danforth hold the most weight. Abigail and…

in the trunk of the vehicle. Throughout the video, the wife is seen from up close angles. I believe they show her in this manner because she is one of the main characters as well as for us to be able to see her facial expressions during the entire experience. The dark mood is increased by the slow pans and blurring background of the camera as the lady, already in the box, is thrown into the trunk of a car. These edits and camera angles plants the atmosphere for the rest of the song. The lyrics…