Gone Girl
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1. Nick Dunne, The Day Of (1) 2. Amy, Diary Entry, Jan 8th, 2005 3. Nick Dunne, The Day Of (2) 4. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 18th, 2005 5. Nick Dunne, The Day Of (3) 6. Amy, Diary Entry, July 5th, 2008 7. Nick Dunne, The Night Of 8. Amy , Diary Entry, April 21st, 2009 9. Nick Dunne, One Day Gone (1) 10. Amy, Diary Entry, July 5th, 2010 11. Nick Dunne, One Day Gone (2) 12. Amy, Diary Entry, Aug 23rd, 2010 13. Nick Dunne, Two Days Gone 14. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 15th, 2010 15. Nick Dunne, Three Days Gone 16. Amy, Diary Entry, Oct 16th, 2010 17. Nick Dunne, Four Days Gone (1) 18. Amy, Diary Entry, Apr 28th, 2011 19. Nick Dunne, Four Days Gone (2) 20. Amy, Diary Entry, July 21st, 2011 21. Nick Dunne, Five Days Gone (1) 22. Amy, Diary Entry, Aug 17th, 2011 23. Nick Dunne, Five Days Gone (2) 24. Amy, Diary Entry, Oct 21st, 2011 25. Nick Dunne, Six Days Gone (1) 26. Amy, Diary Entry, Feb 15th, 2012 27. Nick Dunne, Six Days Gone (2) 28. Amy, Diary Entry, June 26th, 2012 29. Nick Dunne, Seven Days Gone (1) 30. Amy Elliott Dunne, The Day Of (1) 31. Nick Dunne, Seven Days Gone (2) 32. Amy Elliott Dunne, The Day Of (2) 33. Nick Dunne, Seven Days Gone (3) 34. Amy Elliott Dunne, Five Days Gone 35. Nick Dunne, Eight Days Gone (1) 36. Amy Elliott Dunne, Seven Days Gone 37. Nick Dunne, Eight Days Gone (2) 38. Amy Elliott Dunne, Eight Days Gone 39. Nick Dunne, Eight Days Gone (3) 40. Amy Elliott Dunne, Nine Days Gone (1) 41. Nick Dunne, Nine Days Gone 42. Amy Elliott Dunne, Nine Days Gone (2) 43. Nick Dunne, Ten Days Gone (1) 44. Amy Elliott Dunne, Ten Days Gone (1) 45. Nick Dunne, Ten Days Gone (2) 46. Amy Elliott Dunne, Ten Days Gone (2) 47. Nick Dunne, Ten Days Gone (3) 48. Amy Elliott Dunne, Eleven Days Gone 49. Nick Dunne, Fourteen Days Gone 50. Amy Elliott Dunne, Twenty-Six Days Gone 51. Nick Dunne, Thirty-Three Days Gone 52. Amy Elliott Dunne, Forty Days Gone 53. Nick Dunne, Forty Days Gone 54. Amy, The Night of the Return (1) 55. Nick Dunne, The Night of the Return (1) 56. Amy, The Night of the Return (2) 57. Nick Dunne, The Night of the Return (2) 58. Amy, Five Days After the Return 59. Nick Dunne, Thirty Days After the Return 60. Amy, Eight Weeks After the Return 61. Nick Dunne, Nine Weeks After the Return 62. Amy, Ten Weeks After the Return 63. Nick Dunne, Twenty Weeks After the Return 64. Amy, 10 Months, 2 Weeks, 6 Days After the Return
Themes
All Themes Secrets and Lies Marriage Misogyny Writing, Storytelling, and Narrative
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Characters
All Characters Nick Dunne Amy Elliott Dunne Margo “Go” Dunne Desi Collings Andie Tanner Bolt Rhonda Boney Rand Elliott Marybeth Elliott Tommy O’Hara Hilary Handy Greta
Symbols
All Symbols Amy’s Diary The Woodshed The Punch and Judy Puppets
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Gone Girl

by

Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl Symbols

Amy’s Diary

Amy’s diary is the most potent symbol of Amy and Nick’s alternating attempts to control the narrative of their lives, their marriage, and indeed their entire selves. The structure of Gone Girl establishes…

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The Woodshed

The woodshed at the back of Go Dunne’s property in Carthage, Missouri, comes to symbolizes how secrets and lies build up over the course of any marriage or profound romantic relationship until they come…

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The Punch and Judy Puppets

Amy’s five-year-anniversary gift to Nick is a pair of wooden puppets made to look like Punch and Judy, stock characters from puppet theater. As the novel unfolds, the puppets come to symbolize the violence…

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