Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Gone Girl, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Secrets and Lies
Marriage
Misogyny
Writing, Storytelling, and Narrative
Summary
Analysis
Amy is penniless and on the run. She spends the night in her car in a fast-food parking lot on the banks of the Mississippi, but can’t fall asleep—she’s afraid of being approached by a real murderer or rapist. As she contemplates her situation—no gas in the tank, no money, nowhere to run—she briefly considers suicide, but then in a flash realizes what she “must” do next.
Amy is in danger—her own plan has fallen apart, a complication she never saw coming based on how careful and methodical she was for a time. She knows she must take drastic action to get herself out of the hole she’s in.
Themes
