“On the third day she waited for her tormenter with a baseball bat and whacked him over the ear with it. For that prank she was sent to see the head teacher, who decided to report her to the police for assault, which resulted in a special welfare investigation.” (p 251)
Another reoccurring theme of the novel is Salander being labelled as crazy when her true character really isn't. In this scene, she is being harassed and attacked by a much bigger kid in her middle school, getting knocked out at one point, but when she fights back to defend herself she gets labelled once again.
The video below, and the news stories about it that came out afterwards, is a great example of someone of a similar age attempting to defend himself in a way similar to the way Salander did and getting labelled for it.
The video below, and the news stories about it that came out afterwards, is a great example of someone of a similar age attempting to defend himself in a way similar to the way Salander did and getting labelled for it.
Do you think Salander is truly crazy, or just labelled as such by society? How would it feel to be put into her position? How would you handle it?