Lisbeth Salamander Dialectical Journal

In every other journal that I have written on this book, I have written about the events that occur in the book in my own words. In this journal I was able to write about what I thought the main conflicts were and how they came to be. Though the main characters remain the same and no new ones are introduced, the author is able to twist and turn what the reader assumes what is going to happen into a completely different outcome. This journal was very interesting to write as I started to form more in depth opinions on Lisbeth Salander as she conflicted with society, herself, and on Mikael Blomkvist while he conflicted with himself.
The first analysis I will be doing is on Lisbeth Salander. Though I could do an analysis of her relationship

The reader can see what the characters are thinking about which is usually helpful to truly understanding the plotline of the book. This isn’t the case when it comes to being able to read what Salander is thinking. The reader can almost wince at some of the things that Salander can remember happening to her, whether this was simply a judgmental group of people on the street to her being raped and abused by her caretaker, Bjurman. Most of the things that have happened in Salander’s life leads her to believe everything that has a pulse in this world feels some sort of resentment to her. If a person that resembled Salander’s slim lanky body, skin canvased in tattoos, and all black wardrobe walked down an average street they would most likely be judged as quickly as Salander is. ☺︎ Being able to realize this similarity between the book and real life leaves a taste of truth for the reader. Salander had to deal with the resentment

In the first book of the trilogy The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, one of the main conflicts that partake in the book is Salander being raped and assaulted by her guardian Bjurman. As a refresher, Bjurman assumes that Salander will be incompetent of being able to defend herself, which sadly is true during the first few times they meet and he successfully takes advantage of her. These encounters between Bjurman and Salander leave Salander feeling momentarily week until she remembers whom she is and what she is capable of. Most people in their right minds would have told someone about what had been going on, which is the complete opposite action Salander decides to take. Since Salander has lived through her life with very few people being able to believe and sympathize for her she has to do things on her own. At first Salander intends to kill Bjurman, which in most books would have been completely acceptable but wouldn’t have quite fit with the theme of this book and it’s characters. “The easiest thing would be for Bjurman simply to disappear from her life. A quick heart attack. End of problem” (Larsson 189). Throughout this book most of the main characters have used something that is uncommon and rarely seen in most other books: