Exposure To Violence: Gone Girl By Gillian Flynn
People put a lot of thought into what the kids in the school do and what they are involved in, but do you guys ever think about what the kids in schools choose to read from the library? One specific book I’m talking about is the book Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. The book is about a young married couple and their life. In the book, the wife ends up missing and make it look like her husband had something to do with it and tries to frame him. Gone Girl has many sexual scenes, has lots of profanity, and also is very violent. This is why I personally think that this book should not be allowed in our school library because of what it brings to the table.
As I stated before Gone Girl has super sexual parts in the book that can be very descriptive. …show more content…
Children exposed to violence than children not exposed are more likely to become victims or perpetrators of future violence ("Children's Exposure to Violence"). There are lots and lots of violence in the book there’s a part in the book where Amy, the wife, talks about the scene where she kills Desi. “Police have been dispatched to Desi’s home, where they’ll find him naked and drained, a stunned look on his face, a few strands of my hair in his clutches, the bed soaked in blood. The knife I used on him, and my bonds, will be near the floor where I dropped it, dazed, and walked barefoot, carrying nothing out of the house but his keys.” (375). In an interview, Flynn talks about how she tried to create the perfect psycho bitch. ("Gillian Flynn on Gone Girl | Interview”). Which she proves she did indeed create one in the book. I don’t think this type of violence should be presented to high schoolers or any grade level through a school library. People may not agree with me about banning the book just because of how the book is set up. Gone girl is told by two people, Amy and Nick. Nick tells the story through his eyes and is more in the present where Amy is more seen through her diary. This may be a great learning experience for kids to see different types of ways stories are told but they could see that in many other books. Overall I think it would be a great idea to banned this book from our library just because of how violent and sexual
As I stated before Gone Girl has super sexual parts in the book that can be very descriptive. …show more content…
Children exposed to violence than children not exposed are more likely to become victims or perpetrators of future violence ("Children's Exposure to Violence"). There are lots and lots of violence in the book there’s a part in the book where Amy, the wife, talks about the scene where she kills Desi. “Police have been dispatched to Desi’s home, where they’ll find him naked and drained, a stunned look on his face, a few strands of my hair in his clutches, the bed soaked in blood. The knife I used on him, and my bonds, will be near the floor where I dropped it, dazed, and walked barefoot, carrying nothing out of the house but his keys.” (375). In an interview, Flynn talks about how she tried to create the perfect psycho bitch. ("Gillian Flynn on Gone Girl | Interview”). Which she proves she did indeed create one in the book. I don’t think this type of violence should be presented to high schoolers or any grade level through a school library. People may not agree with me about banning the book just because of how the book is set up. Gone girl is told by two people, Amy and Nick. Nick tells the story through his eyes and is more in the present where Amy is more seen through her diary. This may be a great learning experience for kids to see different types of ways stories are told but they could see that in many other books. Overall I think it would be a great idea to banned this book from our library just because of how violent and sexual