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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Book Report

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Written by Stieg Larsson, the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo contains a series of unexpected events. Taking place in Stockholm, Sweden; Investigative Reporter Mikael Blomkvist accepts the duty of researching and possibly coming to a conclusion about what happened to Henrik Vanger’s niece over 40 years earlier. No one is for certain what happened to Harriet, but many assume she was murdered as there were a series of gruesome abuses and murders of women before her disappearance. As the plot thickens, Blomkvist not only discovers what happened to Harriet, but he also uncovers the source of all of the women who were murdered. Through characterization, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reveals much about the abuses of women taking place in …show more content…

For most of the story, Martin is seen as an admirable and hard working person; which is why during his investigation, Blomkvist never considers him a suspect for Harriet’s disappearance. As Blomkvist gets further into the investigation however, he discovers that Martin Vanger is the cause of multiple women’s deaths leading up to what people say was Harriet’s disappearance in the year 1966. Upon sexually assaulting and killing multiple women, Vanger keeps a book containing each of his victims’ deaths. Blomkvist, with the help of Lisbeth, are able to decipher the codes hidden in Vanger’s “death book”. Each of his victims have a series of numbers next to their name indicating a particular scripture in the Bible; which were punishments for sinning, in which Martin uses to torture and murder his victims after he sexually assaults them. Finding this information leads Blomkvist to believe that Martin is the cause of Harriet’s disappearance, but despite the information Blomkvist uncovers, his conclusion is found to be incorrect. Although Martin is responsible for the death of many women, he has no part in the disappearance of his sister. As the story begins to come to a close, one last piece of evidence leads Blomkvist to find Harriet; not deceased, but in Australia under the name of her sister Anita Vanger. Harriet begins to tell Blomkvist about

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