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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the terrorists who blew up the museum. This is to a much higher degree than the trope implies, considering that the attack is the sole reason the whole plot is kicked off. It's possible Tartt just forgot, or had to [[AbortedArc abort the arc]] somewhere in the writing process.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the The terrorists who blew up the museum. This is to a much higher degree than the trope implies, considering that the attack is the sole reason the whole plot is kicked off. It's possible Tartt just forgot, or had to [[AbortedArc abort the arc]] somewhere in the writing process.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the terrorists who blew up the museum. This is to a much higher degree than the trope implies, considering that the attack is the sole reason the whole plot is kicked off. It's possible Tartt just forgot, or had to [[AbortedArc abort the arc]] somewhere in the writing process.
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** A teenage Theo bitterly resents that Boris, with whom he has been inseparable and often even has casual sex with, takes up with Kotku.
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** A teenage Theo bitterly resents that Boris, with whom he has been inseparable and often even has casual had sex with, takes up with Kotku.
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* FinancialAbuse: Attempted when Theo's The Gambling Addict father Larry demands that he call the lawyer overseeing the trust fund that his late mother left him and asking for $65,000. The lawyer not only reveals that his father has been trying to get access to the money, but fortunately, that his mother decreed that the money not only only be used for his education, but be paid to the school directly
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* FinancialAbuse: Attempted when Theo's The Gambling Addict father Larry demands that he call the lawyer overseeing the trust fund that his late mother left him and asking for $65,000. The lawyer not only reveals that his father has been trying to get access to the money, but fortunately, that his mother decreed that the money not only only be used solely for his education, but it be paid to the school directly
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* CondescendingCompassion: Toddy, after the Barbour's reconnect with Theo.
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* CondescendingCompassion: Toddy, after the Barbour's Barbours reconnect with Theo.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Both Theo and Pippa become involved with "safe" romantic partners, but Theo is in love with Pippa. [[spoiler:Theo's fiance is also in love with someone else. Whether they'll all choose a safe life of comfort or a passionate and risky life is left unresolved]].
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* RomanticFalseLead: Both Theo and Pippa become involved with "safe" romantic partners, but Theo is in love with Pippa.Pippa and the story suggests he may also have feelings for Boris. [[spoiler:Theo's fiance is also in love with someone else. Whether they'll all choose a safe life of comfort or a passionate and risky life is left unresolved]].
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''The Goldfinch'' is a Pulitzer-winning 2013 novel by {{Creator/Donna Tartt}}, the author of ''Literature/TheSecretHistory''. Like ''The Secret History'', ''The Goldfinch'' is an introspective, confessional neo-romanticist novel that focuses on aesthetic beauty, guilt, and the inner thoughts of the protagonist against a troubled situation filled with strikingly picaresque secondary characters.
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''The Goldfinch'' is a Pulitzer-winning UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning 2013 novel by {{Creator/Donna Tartt}}, the author of ''Literature/TheSecretHistory''. Like ''The Secret History'', ''The Goldfinch'' is an introspective, confessional neo-romanticist novel that focuses on aesthetic beauty, guilt, and the inner thoughts of the protagonist against a troubled situation filled with strikingly picaresque secondary characters.
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Xandra (''not'' "Sandra") spells her name with an X in a rather silly attempt to be edgy.
* YourCheatingHeart: Everywhere. Theo's father started dating Xandra before he left their family, Theo is initially sleeping with two different women at the same time (both of whom are ''also'' dating other people), Kitsey is [[spoiler: seeing Tom Cable while engaged to Theo]], and Boris often cheats on his wife Astrid.
* YourCheatingHeart: Everywhere. Theo's father started dating Xandra before he left their family, Theo is initially sleeping with two different women at the same time (both of whom are ''also'' dating other people), Kitsey is [[spoiler: seeing Tom Cable while engaged to Theo]], and Boris often cheats on his wife Astrid.
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Xandra (''not'' "Sandra") spells her name with an X in a rather silly attempt to be edgy.
* YourCheatingHeart: Everywhere. Theo's father started dating Xandra before he left their family, Theo is initially sleeping with two different women at the same time (both of whom are ''also'' dating other people), Kitsey is [[spoiler: seeing Tom Cable while engaged to Theo]], and Boris often cheats on his wife Astrid.edgy.
* YourCheatingHeart: Everywhere. Theo's father started dating Xandra before he left their family, Theo is initially sleeping with two different women at the same time (both of whom are ''also'' dating other people), Kitsey is [[spoiler: seeing Tom Cable while engaged to Theo]], and Boris often cheats on his wife Astrid.
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* AlternateHistory: The housing bubble is alluded to, but the reason the event that kills Theo's mother is so significant? Because of [[TheWarOnTerror another, much bigger destructive event]] that implicitly ''doesn't'' happen in Theo's world.
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* AlternateHistory: The housing bubble is alluded to, but the reason the event that kills Theo's mother is so significant? Because of [[TheWarOnTerror [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror another, much bigger destructive event]] that implicitly ''doesn't'' happen in Theo's world.
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As I recall, Theo says they did it only once. Theo felt awkward about it afterwards, so they didn't do it again, while Boris didn't think it was a big deal.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Theo and Boris have many experiments with bisexuality as teens. Theo feels awkward about it afterwards, but Boris is unfazed. This trope is a theme in Tartt's works.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Theo and Boris have many experiments experiment with bisexuality as teens. Theo feels awkward about it afterwards, but Boris is unfazed. This trope is a theme in Tartt's works.
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AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Well, adoptive sibling. Toddy and Kitsey both have some of this while Theo is living with the Barbour's.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Well, adoptive sibling. Toddy and Kitsey both have some of this while Theo is living with the Barbour's.
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* COndescendingCompassion: Toddy, after the Barbour's reconnect with Theo.
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* COndescendingCompassion: CondescendingCompassion: Toddy, after the Barbour's reconnect with Theo.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Larry and Theo get mixed up in crime and have massive substance abuse problems, and both go through life with a broken moral compass.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Larry and Theo get mixed up in crime and crime, have massive substance abuse problems, cheat on their partners (Theo cheats emotionally) and both go through life with a broken moral compass.
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AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Well, adoptive sibling. Toddy and Kitsey both have some of this while Theo is living with the Barbour's.
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* COndescendingCompassion: Toddy, after the Barbour's reconnect with Theo.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Platt after the time skip.
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* Financial Abuse: Attempted when Theo's The Gambling Addict father Larry demands that he call the lawyer overseeing the trust fund that his late mother left him and asking for $65,000. The lawyer not only reveals that his father has been trying to get access to the money, but fortunately, that his mother decreed that the money not only only be used for his education, but be paid to the school directly
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* Financial Abuse: FinancialAbuse: Attempted when Theo's The Gambling Addict father Larry demands that he call the lawyer overseeing the trust fund that his late mother left him and asking for $65,000. The lawyer not only reveals that his father has been trying to get access to the money, but fortunately, that his mother decreed that the money not only only be used for his education, but be paid to the school directly
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* {{Jerkass}}: Theo's father abandons his wife and son without paying any kind of alimony. He also steals his wife's precious heirloom (a pair of emerald earrings) and gives them to his mistress. Later, he neglects his son and attempts multiple times to steal money from a fund reserved for his education, and threatens him when he hesitates.
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* Financial Abuse: Attempted when Theo's The Gambling Addict father Larry demands that he call the lawyer overseeing the trust fund that his late mother left him and asking for $65,000. The lawyer not only reveals that his father has been trying to get access to the money, but fortunately, that his mother decreed that the money not only only be used for his education, but be paid to the school directly
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* AbusiveParents: Theo's father, and Boris' family as well
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* AbusiveParents: Theo's father, and Boris' family as well well.
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** At Theo's engagement party to Kitsey, one of the guests is Francis Abernathy from Tartt's previous book ''Literature/TheSecretHistory''.
* SmokingIsCool: Boris exemplifies this trope.
* SmokingIsCool: Boris exemplifies this trope.
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** At one of Hobie's dinners and at Theo's engagement party to Kitsey, one of the guests is Francis Abernathy from Tartt's previous book ''Literature/TheSecretHistory''.
* SmokingIsCool: Boris exemplifies thistrope. trope.
* StalkerWithACrush: Theo is this for Pippa, going as far as to keep a few strands of her hair that he found in the shower. He yearns to know everything about her life, and sees his relationship with Pippa in a way that is divorced with reality. The book lampshades this, and so does Theo in his rare moments of lucidity regarding his behavior.
* SmokingIsCool: Boris exemplifies this
* StalkerWithACrush: Theo is this for Pippa, going as far as to keep a few strands of her hair that he found in the shower. He yearns to know everything about her life, and sees his relationship with Pippa in a way that is divorced with reality. The book lampshades this, and so does Theo in his rare moments of lucidity regarding his behavior.
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* Now or Never Kiss: [[spoiler: Boris]] and Theo.
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* Now or Never Kiss: NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler: Boris]] and Theo.Theo right before the latter returns to New York.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Theo and Boris have a single experiment with bisexuality as teens. Theo feels awkward about it afterwards, but Boris is unfazed. This trope is a theme in Tartt's works.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Theo and Boris have a single experiment many experiments with bisexuality as teens. Theo feels awkward about it afterwards, but Boris is unfazed. This trope is a theme in Tartt's works.
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** A teenage Theo bitterly resents that Boris, with whom he has been inseparable and once even has casual sex with, takes up with Kotku.
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* AlternateHistory: The housing bubble is alluded to, but the reason the event that kills Theo's mother is so significant? Because of another, much bigger destructive event that implicitly ''doesn't'' happen in Theo's world.
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* AlternateHistory: The housing bubble is alluded to, but the reason the event that kills Theo's mother is so significant? Because of [[TheWarOnTerror another, much bigger destructive event event]] that implicitly ''doesn't'' happen in Theo's world.
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* LikableVillain: The eccentric and AffablyEvil Bobo Silver is incredibly personable by nature, as well as, let's face it, kind of cool.
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* [[spoiler:MaybeEverAfter]]: [[spoiler:Theo and Pippa.]]
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* [[spoiler:MaybeEverAfter]]: MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Theo and Pippa.]]
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A film adaptation was released in 2019. The cast includes Creator/AnselElgort as Theo, Creator/NicoleKidman as Samantha, Creator/FinnWolfhard and Creator/AneurinBarnard as Boris, Creator/SarahPaulson as Xandra, Creator/LukeWilson as Larry, Creator/JeffreyWright as Hobie, and Creator/AshleighCummings as Pippa.
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A [[Film/TheGoldfinch film adaptation adaptation]] was released in 2019. The cast includes Creator/AnselElgort as Theo, Creator/NicoleKidman as Samantha, Creator/FinnWolfhard and Creator/AneurinBarnard as Boris, Creator/SarahPaulson as Xandra, Creator/LukeWilson as Larry, Creator/JeffreyWright as Hobie, and Creator/AshleighCummings as Pippa.2019.
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A film adaptation was released in 2019. The cast includes Creator/AnselEgort as Theo, Creator/NicoleKidman as Samantha, Creator/FinnWolfhard and Creator/AneurinBarnard as Boris, Creator/SarahPaulson as Xandra, Creator/LukeWilson as Larry, Creator/JeffreyWright as Hobie, and Creator/AshleighCummings as Pippa.
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A film adaptation was released in 2019. The cast includes Creator/AnselEgort Creator/AnselElgort as Theo, Creator/NicoleKidman as Samantha, Creator/FinnWolfhard and Creator/AneurinBarnard as Boris, Creator/SarahPaulson as Xandra, Creator/LukeWilson as Larry, Creator/JeffreyWright as Hobie, and Creator/AshleighCummings as Pippa.
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A film adaptation staring Creator/AnselElgort as Theo was released in 2019.
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A film adaptation staring Creator/AnselElgort as Theo was released in 2019.2019. The cast includes Creator/AnselEgort as Theo, Creator/NicoleKidman as Samantha, Creator/FinnWolfhard and Creator/AneurinBarnard as Boris, Creator/SarahPaulson as Xandra, Creator/LukeWilson as Larry, Creator/JeffreyWright as Hobie, and Creator/AshleighCummings as Pippa.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Andy Barbour hates coming along on his father's sailing trips. [[spoiler:Guess how he dies. Lampshaded when, after his death, Theo sees a photograph of Andy and his father standing by a boat model under unlit lamps and a clock showing five to twelve, and realises how intensely foreboding it looks.]]
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* RuleOfSymbolism: At the engagement party, Theo's fiancée Kitsey wears white (and is compared to a snowflake by Boris), whereas Pippa, the woman he really loves, is in warm colours (green dress and red hair).
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* FreudianExcuse: The story follows Theo through his youth with all its nasty events (the terrorist attack, his mom's death, his separation from people he loves like Hobie and Boris, his father's attempt at robbing him [[spoiler:and death]], and the death of [[spoiler:Andy]]), which makes the reader more predisposed to feel sorry for him when he grows up to do quite a few bad or shady things (drug addiction, selling forgeries, stalking Pippa even though she is in a relationship with someone else).
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Theo refers to Boris' girlfriend by Boris' nickname for her, Kotku, because at the time of writing he can't remember her real name.
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** Boris refers to Theo by the affectionate nickname "[[HarryPotter Potter]]", because of his apparent similarity to a certain teen wizard.
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** Boris refers to Theo by the affectionate nickname "[[HarryPotter "[[Franchise/HarryPotter Potter]]", because of his apparent similarity to a certain teen wizard.
