The Independent Solution Master
INTJ Tritype® 583
Amy Elliott Dunne made a living in New York as a writer of personality quizzes and she came from a wealthy childhood. As a child, she was so much of a source of inspiration that her psychologist parents produced a children’s book series called “Amazing Amy”.
Jungian introverted intuition—IN and NJ
● It adheres to the vision, observing with fascination, how the image changes, unfolds and finally fades.
● The morally oriented Ni type concerns themself with the meaning of their vision
● They feel bound to transform their vision into their own life.
● Since they tend to rely exclusively upon their vision, their moral effort becomes one-sided.
Adapted from Simpler Translation of Psychological Type by Carl Jung
Despite being intelligent, charming, and strategic, she proves to have psychopathic characteristics. Her history shows a tendency for posing herself as a victim while incriminating those around her and a series of manipulation.
Why is Amy dunne more defined by words that describe best people with INTJ preferences than ENTJ and infj?
Here is how cognitive functions work together, she is INTJ over ENTJ as she is:
- more just forward thinking than decisive (her complex plan took a year to develop),
- more structured and organized than ambitious and big picture (she worked simply as a writer of personality quizzes for magazines and her attention as a Type 3 or Type 5 core is strictly on her marriage),
- more quiet, reserved and independent than expressive, enthusiastic and direct,
- more imaginative and determined than analytical and measured (her children’s book series is called “Amazing Amy”),
- more harmony minded than outspoken (Even though she is a psychopath, prior to being in Se grip she pretended to be a cool girl (see last video), she is not seen as outspoken by the public at large and her ultimate Type 3 goal is to be with the ‘perfect husband’. Watch the movie to the end to see how she does that till the end.)
- more visionary and cause-and-effect oriented than planned and goals oriented (she seeks to be with the ‘perfect husband’ and changed her attitude after watching Nick on TV. She is highly cause-and-effect oriented with all her actions in her plan)
- more individualistic and purposeful than fair, critical and confident. (She is neither fair, nor critical, nor very confident compare to him.)
The Myers-Briggs Company INTJ vs. ENTJ
The 358 ENTJ antihero is Marla Grayson in “I Care a Lot” (2020).
She is INTJ over INFJ since she is:
- more structured, logical and determined than idealistic, passionate and thoughtful (her actions speak more than her words),
- more quiet, reserved and independent than caring, sensitive and humanist (ie. she used then coldly killed her former partner),
- more just harmony minded and leader than compassionate and kind (After a complex revenge plan to frame him for her murder, she just seeks to get back with Nick as they were before)
- more strategic, innovative and cause-and-effect oriented than planned, deep, intuitive and devoted (she spent a year developing a complex revenge plan to frame him for her murder),
- more individualistic and purposeful than introspective and loner.
The Myers-Briggs Company INTJ vs. INFJ
How is AMy a professional intj who turns into an Independent INTJ Solution Master?
She is a Five when she plans (visioning) and worked as a writer for personality quizzes, a Three when she is with others, and a Height when she falsely seeks justice for herself. In short, she is a INTJ Solution Master with a demonic Se grip as she turns from a Professional INTJ into an Independent INTJ. She is ‘tough-minded’ and ‘highly tenacious’ and the movie is all about her solution being ‘her plan.’
3+5: The Professional
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Double competency.Productive, yet want to work at their own pace.
They avoid failure by being selective of what they show to others.
Very hidden personality because of the need for compartmentalization and always showing off an image of success.
May risk throwing off the relational and emotional aspect of their life and become robotic in their decision process.
Very cold and distant personality no matter the gut type.
May appear more confident about what they know than they really are.
Karkino from Personality Cafe
5+8: The Independent
Double rejection.Pairing that is the most strategic in their thinking.
Enhances the natural line of connection to FIVE and EIGHT.
This is the chess master or the mastermind.
Very strong opinions about topic they like or study.
Knowledge is power to them.
Never attack upfront first but can be sneaky and never let its sight away from their opponent.
Often doesn’t rely on one course of action and can change on a whim according to the situation.
May be underestimated by their peers because of the FIVE’s low energy giving the EIGHT are more subdued presence.[..]
Mix of hot and cold energy; may be hard to follow and hard to know deeply.Their heart is very well protected and can be hard to access even to them.
Karkino from Personality Cafe
Amy is intelligent, charming, and strategic, but proves to be ruthlessly tough-minded. For instance, she coldly kills her ex-partner and her actions suggest an inclination towards posing herself as a victim while seeking to incriminate others in a chain of manipulation.
Tritype® 358, 385, 538, 583, 835, 853-The Solution Master
Tough-minded, you are good at studying a problem and finding both original and practical solutions others often miss. [..] Winning is very important in the game of life.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
She clearly prioritises Thinking over Feeling. When she deems Nick now capable to become her perfect husband she then plots to kill her ex boyfriend.
Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).
The Myers & Briggs Foundation
Thinking (T)
Use logic: cause and effect, pros and cons
Tend to step out of a situation and look at it objectively
Have a sense of detachment from tasks or situations
Can appear ‘tough-minded’
More likely to criticise or find fault than praise
Like to find solutions
Task focused
Implement ‘fairness’ by treating everybody equally
Feeling (F)
Use values: what is important to them and to others
Tend to step into a situation and identify with it
Have a sense of attachment to tasks and situations
Can appear ‘tender-hearted’
More likely to praise and compliment than criticise
Like to empathise
People focused
Implement ‘fairness’ by treating everybody as individuals
BAPT UK | The British Association for Psychological Type
BAPT UK
INTJ are often Melancholic-Choleric
Mel/Chol – [..] Their combination can lead them to “nit-pick” others and be revengeful to those they have a grudge against. http://www.thetransformedsoul.com/additional-studies/miscellaneous-studies/the-four-human-temperaments
Why is Amy dunne a Performer, Motivator, Achiever and Producer (Type 3) and a Solution Master, Maverick (Type 8) and an Observer, Thinker and sage or Voyeur (Type 5)?
She dated Nick for two years and after that, he became her husband. Nick worked as a journalist and Amy worked as a writer of personality quizzes for women’s magazines. However, they both lost their jobs during the Great Depression of 2009.
Amy’s parents who had built a trust fund from the sales of “Amazing Amy” were also forced to sell part of Amy’s trust funds because they didn’t curb their spending. This made Nick unhappy.
Enneagram Type 3: Successful Achiever
Performer, Motivator, Achiever, Producer or Status Seeker
Often they are the model of success, and they have a natural ability to motivate and charm others.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
Amy and Nick moved to Missouri where she began to live an isolated lifestyle away from the city. She adopted to become the perfect “cool girl” to make him happy in their relationship but one day she found out that Nick was unfaithful.
Enneagram Type 3: Successful Achiever
Performer, Motivator, Achiever, Producer or Status Seeker
They can confuse their image with who they really are, engaging in a form self-deception. As they push harder and harder to complete tasks, they may even appear robot-like because they have begun treating themselves like a machine.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
3+5: The Professional
Karkino from Personality Cafe
Very cold and distant personality no matter the gut type
She became enraged and suddenly felt that Nick had ruined her life. Their marriage deteriorates; Amy holds a diary and she describes how she dislikes Nick for making her move and detest living in her new place and being a housewife in the suburbs. She also portrays Nick as an aggressive, moody, idle, and threatening husband and note that she fears for her life.
Enneagram Type 8: Protective Challenger
Leader, Solution Master, Maverick, Protector or Intimidator
Eights can be relentless in their search for truth, justice, power and influence.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
Amy then spent a year developing a complex revenge plan to frame him for her murder.
Enneagram Type 5: Investigative Thinker
Observer, Investigator, Thinker, Sage or Voyeur
They should also be aware of their tendency to withdraw into their ivory tower of ideas. Others may start to see them as arrogant and unfeeling. Being dispassionate and ‘cool as a cucumber’ is good in an emergency but hard on relationships.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
Jungian extraverted thinking—ET and TJ
Extraverted Thinking [ET and TJ]’s constant aim — as it is a pure type — is to fulfill its total life-activities in relation with intellectual conclusions, which are always oriented by objective data, whether it be objective facts or generally valid ideas. [..]
It gives deciding weight to an objectively oriented intellectual formula or method for itself and its environment.
Simpler Translation of Psychological Type by Carl Jung
In Nick’s narrative, he views Amy as a needlessly difficult, antisocial, controlling perfectionist, and an unwelcome obligation. However, he is later concerned about her disappearance so he goes publicly on TV to acknowledge his wrongdoing.
Enneagram Type 8: Protective Challenger
Leader, Solution Master, Maverick, Protector or Intimidator
They have the need to feel confident, self-reliant and in charge of their emotions. Eights don’t need to be liked, but they do have a strong need to be respected. Eights also need a sense of fairness and justice in their dealings with others, or they are likely to assert their willful and stubborn nature.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
While Amy is staying in her new home with her old partner, Desi Collings, she watches Nick on TV and decides that Nick is now indeed capable of acting as her perfect husband. She then plots to kill Desi and succeed in presenting herself as a victim. She convinces the public that she was kidnapped and rapped by Desi.
Enneagram Type 8: Protective Challenger
Leader, Solution Master, Maverick, Protector or Intimidator
The Eight’s vice is excess and going to extremes.
Katherine Chernick Fauvre
