Gone Girl (Week 4)

October 17, 2015

There isn't too much analyze for this week. I honestly have been reading a little less than usual from natural reasons, as school literally starts to take over your life. However, this part of the novel is slowing down, as it's trying to develop the plot of finding Amy. So far, so good; my previously stated idea is becoming more and more like a reality. I really do think Amy is really just trying to test Nick's comprehension and speed with the clues she leaves behind. A man in Nick's town in Missouri had told him about this place in an abandoned mall where a group, referred to as the "Blue Book Boys", do crazy things at night. It doesn't go into detail, but it doesn't have to. You already know that they are unspeakable. Nick goes into the mall with a few friends and Amy's father at 11:00 pm (how unnerving) to check out the scene. I won't state every single detail, but eventually Nick finds a group of people inside and shows a picture of Amy to them to ask if they've seen her. Apparently they had, saying that Amy had attempted to purchase a gun from them.

A gun? Why would Amy ever need a gun? They [Nick and Amy] lived in an isolated town, she wasn't a cop, and there really weren't any real threats around that would require the use of a gun as protection. So I'm trying to think: Did she expect Nick to get this far in her little mystery hunt and find this clue specifically? Does this 'gun' represent something deeper, like a memory? Her treasure hunt clues always include descriptive imagery (in rhyme) about a memory they shared in a specific place, and the next clue would be found in that specific place. Or maybe it represents the sudden shock in their marriage from Amy being MIA and the pause of everyone's lives as a result from it, just like a gun quickly hits another and stuns them.

Or perhaps I'm just over analyzing this and the gun is simply a clue to show that Nick is on the right track for once and that he should continue to use his brain in order to move forward in this quest. I don't know, I guess I'll find out as I keep reading. I like my version though. #confident