The Girl Who Played with Fire

Theme:

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson, explores the themes of identity, connections and isolation, justice, retribution, and gender-based violence.

Summary:

Lisbeth Salander’s life is shaped by her abusive treatment at the hands of various men. A frantic and harrowing but predictable tale of group dynamics and survival. A group of strangers searches for a path to safety as a forest fire encroaches on them in this adventure thriller.

Famous Quotes:

“There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.”

“Don’t ever fight with Lisbeth Salander. Her attitude towards the rest of the world is that if someone threatens her with a gun, she’ll get a bigger gun.”

“Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.”

“Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don’t lift a finger for a lost cause.”

“Dear Government… I’m going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.”

“It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.”

“I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.”

“Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.”

“their relationship was built on friendship, and in matters of friendship he was boundlessly loyal. It was a relationship that would survive the harshest test.”

“I am what I am,’ Salander said ‘I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.”

“You’re an entropic chaos factor”

“Consider this a fair warning.”

“A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.”

“When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.”

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