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her two year-old, and the driver had nearly run her off the road. She said it was her fourth call. She said she’d even researched the company’s routes so
she could pick the correct highways for her fake near-accidents. She thought of everything. She was really proud. She was going to get that guy fired.’
Flynn, 2012: 285 The quotation above is Nick’s story when he is driving with Amy. It can be
seen that Amy gets mad with the trucker driver because he flips her off. In order to get him fired, Amy lies to the company by telling that she is driving with her two
year-old baby two months after the incident. Most people will let it pass since it is not harmful to them. However, Amy does not let it pass since her purpose has not
achieved yet. Therefore, she does anything, even conning the company, so she can get the trucker driver fired.
The acts of deceiving, manipulating, using of alias, and also conning other people are obviously kinds of deceitfulness. From some points above, it can be
concluded that Amy is indicated to have deceitfulness in her by deceiving, manipulating, using of alias, and conning other people.
3. Impulsivity
According to American Psychiatric Association 2000: 650, people with personality disorder tend to be impulsive in all condition. It is obvious that human
will face many kinds of condition which force them to act or behave wisely. It makes difference between normal people and people with antisocial personality disorder.
Instead of thinking carefully, people with antisocial personality disorder do not think
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further before putting an act to everything. It causes them to fail in planning ahead. Because of their impulsivity, people with personality disorder seem to be dangerous.
Amy’s impulsivities are shown in the novel. The first impulsivity she shows is when she decides to frame her husband. She says that she is a bit mad, but the actions
she does in order to put a revenge on Nick shows that she does not think further.
So I may have gone a bit mad. I do know that framing your husband for your murder is beyond the pale of what an average woman might do. But
it’s so very necessary. Nick must be taught a lesson. He’s never been taught a lesson
Flynn, 2012: 264 Amy is mad because Nick cheats on her. Besides, Nick also does not show
reaction which is expected by Amy when she shows her real self. For Amy who has high self-esteem, Nick’s actions hurt her pride. It is the reason why she decides to
frame Nick. Her decision to frame Nick is obviously impulsive since she does not think further. She just wants Nick to be disadvantaged. She does not even think about
Nick’s fate once he is framed. For Amy, she has to do it because it will teach Nick a lesson.
Her impulsivity is also shown when she spits on Greta’s food because she has bad opinion about Amy’s appearance on television. It happens not so long after Greta
tells her opinion about Amy. Amy is mad about it and when Greta leaves to bathroom, Amy spits on her beverages and foods. Amy’s action is trigged by Greta’s
comment which makes her angry and did the action. Therefore, it strengthens the fact that Amy is impulsive.
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Another impulsivity shown by Amy can also be seen from other character’s opinion. An opinion comes from Hillary Handy. She tells Nick that Amy throws
herself down a flight of stairs in order to frame Hillary when they are in high school. It can be clearly seen below.
‘Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit. If she punished a friend of a few months by throwing herself down a flight
of stairs, what would she do to a man who was dumb enough to marry her?’ Flynn, 2012:327
In the quotation above, Hillary Handy tells Nick that Amy dares to throw herself down the flight of stairs in order to punish her. In Amy’s thought, punishing is
not just simply being angry to her. She has to frame Hillary so she will get ousted from the school. Amy does it perfectly by throwing herself down the flight of stairs
and tells everyone that Hillary pushes her down. It is obviously an act of impulsivity since it can harm herself if thing goes bad. She does not really think further as long as
her plan is worked. Amy keeps being impulsive while she is hiding from everyone. When she is
in the cabin, Amy gets robbed by her new friends, Jeff and Greta. It makes her penniless and she has to move out from the cabin. She does not plan anything while
she is moving. It shows how impulsive she is. It can be vividly seen below. I am penniless and on the run. How fucking noir, Except that I am sitting in
my Festiva at the far end of the parking lot of a vast fast-food complex on the banks of the Mississippi River, the smell of salt and factory-farm meat
floating on the warm breezes. It’s evening now – I’ve waited hours – but I can’t move. I don’t know where to move to.
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Since she does not have money, she can return to her husband. However, Amy does not see it as a choice. She just waits without planning anything. She does not
know what to do and where to go. At this point, she is being impulsive and fails to plan ahead. She does not have any back up plan or aware of the possibility that she
might get robbed. Her decision to kill Desi in order to run from him is another impulsivity she
made. She goes to Desi in order to hide even though she knows Desi will keep her like an antic figure. Amy realizes that she cannot go anywhere when she is with Desi.
Therefore, she kills Desi and frames her as her kidnapper. The decision she made to kill Desi is a kind of impulsivity which obviously harms Desi’s life.
Failure to plan ahead and acting without thinking which harm self or other people are part of being impulsive. From the explanations above, it can be clearly
seen that Amy is impulsive. It is indicated by her actions that show her failure in planning ahead and acting without thinking. Those actions can harm herself or other
people around her.
4. Irritability and Aggressiveness
For some people, holding anger is easy. However, it is not that easy for people with antisocial personality disorder. They find it hard to hold anger. Besides, it is
easy for them to get irritated. Because of it, people with antisocial personality disorder tend to get involved in physical fights or assaults American Psychiatric
Association, 2000: 650. Amy is easily irritated because of small things. When she is
