The Girl Who Kicked Ass (The Hornet's Nest)

"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest," by Stieg Larsson, is the third and final installment of the Millennium series. This book takes place right after the second, where Salander had the big ordeal with Zalachenko. So far, this book is more about the people who covered for Zalachenko than anything else.  It focuses on the secret organization within the Swedish Organization, called "The Section." Their job is to basically babysit for Zalachenko, whenever he did anything foolish. This organization is so secretive, that they are unknown to the majority of the Swedish government. "The Section" would even be considered illegal, unconstitutional and is comparable to the K.G.B or Joe McCarthy's illegal infringement on people's rights with his "war" on Communism in the U.S.

In the book, the conflict between Salander and Zalachenko has become mainstream, so "The Section" is currently trying anything in their power to make this problem disappear. If Zalachenko reveals "The Section's" activity, then there will be a legal nightmare, resulting in the probable incarceration of "The Section's" members. Their plan is to bribe policemen and illegally adjust their case to their advantage. It's incredible how this organization can legally operate, even though it's infringing on our basic constitutional rights. It's incredable how Zalachenko can commit crimes all he wants and this organization can just sweep it under the table. This problem between Zalachenko and Salander has been blown way out of their liking. In order to control this situation,  this organization is reverting to illegal measures just to protect their own skin. Sadly, corrupt governments are nothing new to us, just read the newspaper.  

Whether it's in a book, or real world, people will do anything just to protect their own skin. Unfortunately,  "The Section," will try to save their own skin by violating the law, something that isn't unusual to their protocol. For this organization to be blown, hell and worse we be thrown down on the Swedish Government. However, I think that this asks a good question: would you rather save your own skin or get what you rightfully deserve? I think that the normal person would do the former and only the exceptional would do the later. When most people are thrown into desire situations, they think about themselves more than anyone else. I think that this is clearly demonstrated by Stieg Larsson in his book.