After
her father tries to kill and Lisbeth puts an axe in his head, she finds herself
in a hospital room just a few doors down from his. She’s still not thinking
perfectly after having a bullet in her head removed, and many broken bones cause
her mobility to be extremely limited. But her instincts are still sharp and she’s
aware that Zalachenko definitely still wants her dead. In the specific scene,
Lisbeth hears the sound of crutches hobbling slowly down the hall. She’s
death-gripping a pencil she stole from a nurse, her only possible weapon, in
case he attacks her. Lisbeth is describes as sweating and I could completely
picture the scene, as if a movie, of hearing the crutches in slow motion with
beads of sweat falling from her stationary head. It turns out that Zala just
turns around and returns to his room after confirming Lisbeth’s location. The
scene doesn’t end up being dramatic, but the build-up was very intense and
powerful.
All
throughout the books, readers have learned about the insane intelligence of
Lisbeth. She especially excels in math, reading a book on improvable theories,
and obviously in the technological field. Lisbeth is shot in the head at the
end of book two and the removal of the bullet threatens all the knowledge she’s
ever obtained, which is a whole lot. The best doctor is called into surgery in
the middle of the night because of the severity of her situation. It just so
happens that the bullet is lodged in the logical part of Lisbeth’s brain that has
to do with everything she’s ever known, like numbers and reason. It just wouldn’t
be significant enough if it landed in the emotional side, since she hardly
shows emotion as it is. The nail-biting moment comes when the nurse starts to
ask her questions after the bullet is removed, right before she is asked the
first question relating to mathematics. Luckily, she remembers. After the
importance of her rational brain is emphasized so much, I took a great sigh of
relief when she didn’t lose any of her memory.
This
whole mess what somewhat caused by a secret organization known as “The Section”
because they’re responsible for Zalachenko and Saladander’s illegal admittance into
psychiatric care. After all the events of shootings, investigations, murders,
etc. in the second book, the entire existence of the Section is questioned
because so many people have figured out what they’ve done, including Salander
and Blomkvist. Resigning from his previous post, Evert Gullberg, a founder of the
Section knows what he has to do to try and keep everything quiet. The great
moment that happens is when Gullberg, who also has cancer, shoots Zalachenko in
his bed. They can’t put up with him anymore and fear he’ll threaten to expose
them if they don’t give in to his every demand. It’s so shocking because they’ve
covered up for him all this time and all of a sudden he’s just shot in his bed.
More suspense follows when he plans to kill Salander, but he is fortunately
stopped by her new lawyer.
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