The Goldfinch
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 6 Part 3, Chapter 7 Part 3, Chapter 8 Part 4, Chapter 9 Part 4, Chapter 10 Part 5, Chapter 11 Part 5, Chapter 12
Themes
All Themes The Value of Art and Beauty Fabrication vs. Authenticity Friendship and Family Immorality vs. Crime Hope, Despair, and Addiction
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Theo Decker Boris Pavlikovsky Audrey Decker James “Hobie” Hobart Larry Decker Pippa Welty Blackwell Andy Barbour Mr. Barbour Mrs. Barbour Platt Barbour Kitsey Barbour Xandra Mr. Pavlikovsky Kotku Tom Cable Naaman Silver Lucius Reeve (Lucius Race) Sacha
Symbols
All Symbols The Met The Goldfinch Las Vegas
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone Verbal Irony
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The Goldfinch

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Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch Literary Devices

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