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The Woman in the Window
A. J. Finn
Contributed by Eleanor Sherer
Content
Overview
Context
Themes
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
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Themes
Themes are described as ideas that dominate a particular piece of literature. In almost all cases, pieces of literature will be centered a theme or a number of them.
Death

The author describes the tragedy of Anna’s family that resulted in the death of her husband and daughter. In the novel, Anna refuses to accept their deaths. Also, the author succeeds in making the book a fascinating thriller when he incorporates the death of Katie. The plot of the novel is based on her gruesome murder that the protagonist struggles to demystify.

Character destruction

The author gradually diminishes the character of Anna; from a happy wife to an agoraphobic, to a drunkard and a drug abuser, and finally to a promiscuous wife. Her affair with Wesley is the main aspect that initiates her suffering. She attributes the accident to her infidelity. Moreover, Ethan’s character transitions from an innocent and vulnerable young man to a cold-blooded killer. He murders his own mother and attempts to kill Anna. Nonetheless, Ethan fails to show any remorse for his action.

Disillusionment

The plot of the story is based on Anna whom everybody believes is disillusioned. She talks to Ed and Olivia who are dead. Moreover, her claim that she witnessed murder is concluded by the detectives as her imagination. The author stresses the protagonist’s denial of the deaths of her family members by highlighting her disillusioned condition. Anna humanizes the voices of Ed and Olivia because she misses them and wants to be reunited with them.  

Isolation

The author talks about the agoraphobic condition of Anna that makes her to be withdrawn from her neighbors. She lives isolated from them and rarely interacts with others. Anna is described as the “woman in the window” by the author because she spends all her time indoors watching other people. Anna also admits that the last time she had visitors in her house was ten months ago when her husband died.

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