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
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Rand Elliott Character Analysis

Amy’s father, a gregarious man who, along with his wife, has constructed an empire and accumulated a massive deal of wealth by plagiarizing Amy’s childhood as fodder for a series of educational children’s books titled Amazing Amy. Rand and his wife, Marybeth, clearly cherish their only daughter, but put enormous pressure on her to succeed—and sniped at her failures through their fictive book series whenever Amy struggled or failed in life. Rand and Marybeth squander their fortunes by living beyond their means for years while Amy sales suffer, and ultimately have to borrow back the bulk of the trust fund they’d set aside for their daughter—plunging Amy and Nick into financial ruin, as well. Both Rand and Marybeth are warm and kind, but there is something selfish and cold running just underneath the surface of both their personas.

Rand Elliott Quotes in Gone Girl

The Gone Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Rand Elliott or refer to Rand Elliott. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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4. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 18th, 2005 Quotes

My parents have always worried that I’d take Amy too personally—they always tell me not to read too much into her. And yet I can’t fail to notice that whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right… […] This used to drive me mad… […] That my parents, two child psychologists, chose this particular public form of passive-aggressiveness toward their child was not just fucked up but also stupid and weird and kind of hilarious. So be it.

Related Characters: Amy Elliott Dunne (speaker), Rand Elliott, Marybeth Elliott
Related Symbols: Amy’s Diary
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Page Number: 26-27
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Rand Elliott Quotes in Gone Girl

The Gone Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Rand Elliott or refer to Rand Elliott. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Secrets and Lies Theme Icon
).
4. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 18th, 2005 Quotes

My parents have always worried that I’d take Amy too personally—they always tell me not to read too much into her. And yet I can’t fail to notice that whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right… […] This used to drive me mad… […] That my parents, two child psychologists, chose this particular public form of passive-aggressiveness toward their child was not just fucked up but also stupid and weird and kind of hilarious. So be it.

Related Characters: Amy Elliott Dunne (speaker), Rand Elliott, Marybeth Elliott
Related Symbols: Amy’s Diary
Secrets and Lies Theme Icon
Writing, Storytelling, and Narrative Theme Icon
Page Number: 26-27
Explanation and Analysis:
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