The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, is a pretty powerful book so far. I really like how the problems of the book are realistic and relative to today's problems.
What makes this story interesting is that it's about a journalist who's accused of libel by a big business speculator. I later find out that the big business speculator actually embezzled funds from a government program-that's what the journalist accused the big business speculator of. However, the reason why the journalist was accused of libel is still unclear. I can infer that this has to do with big business taking advantage of the "common folk." The only possible way that the journalist got sentenced for libel is if the big business man did something possibly illegal.
What really amazes me is how well this topic relates to the real world. Time magazine just named the Occupiers as the "Person of the Year." They protested civil and human rights, and it's those things that the businessman in the book might be violating. So far, the book is excellent and I hope that this continues.
I understand the connection between your book and the protesters but what does that mean? I mean how do they connect morally? They both deal with civil and human rights but how does the themes (morals) in the book have to do with the protester? Not just the issues the book deals with but what lesson is taught by the book. Though I guess that would be answered further along in the book. (By the way they named the protester as the person of the year, not just the occupiers)
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