Corruption In Raymond Chandler's Essay 'The Big Sleep'
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“The Big Sleep” a novel by Raymond Chandler, presents Philip Marlowe a quintessential private, who is hired by the General to “rid of” the persona behind blackmail letters. During his investigation Marlowe reveals the corruption with each source of information. Marlowe notices a pattern of city officials getting away with petty crimes. After hundreds of pages later, Marlowe is yet to be done with his investigation, when the General asks for trace on Rusty Regan. Although Marlowe is a trustworthy detective, he is annoyed with the constant use of money used in conversations. Marlow, at the end wishes not to be paid for an “unsatisfactory job”, since he was not able to solve the mystery. Marlowe can be seen as a victim of corruption, who relies on it …show more content…
Even when Carmen and Vivian try to push themselves into Marlowe, he rejects them because his moral belief is to create a friendship and help the General.
The writer of the essay “Raymond Chandler's City of Lies” by Liahna K. Babener, summarized the reason behind Raymond Chandler’s character Marlowe; wanting to escape the harsh reality in Los Angeles’ corruption. “Marlowe understands that the corruption inheres so deeply it cannot be healed by candor”. The city of Los Angeles became corrupt, therefore Marlowe plays a role in being the trustworthy detective, who tries and restore justice.
During many scenes, we visualized Marlowe taking a swish of an alcoholic drink or smoking a cigarette. “At the end, he is gulping double scotches, bemoaning the world's dishonesty, and half-yearning for death” (Babener). He knows he has a huge responsibility to stay honest and noble- causing him to stress about his reputation and drinking to numb himself out. And yet Marlowe has a parasitic relationship with corruption because he is one of few who will not tolerate and not give into the city’s
“The Big Sleep” a novel by Raymond Chandler, presents Philip Marlowe a quintessential private, who is hired by the General to “rid of” the persona behind blackmail letters. During his investigation Marlowe reveals the corruption with each source of information. Marlowe notices a pattern of city officials getting away with petty crimes. After hundreds of pages later, Marlowe is yet to be done with his investigation, when the General asks for trace on Rusty Regan. Although Marlowe is a trustworthy detective, he is annoyed with the constant use of money used in conversations. Marlow, at the end wishes not to be paid for an “unsatisfactory job”, since he was not able to solve the mystery. Marlowe can be seen as a victim of corruption, who relies on it …show more content…
Even when Carmen and Vivian try to push themselves into Marlowe, he rejects them because his moral belief is to create a friendship and help the General.
The writer of the essay “Raymond Chandler's City of Lies” by Liahna K. Babener, summarized the reason behind Raymond Chandler’s character Marlowe; wanting to escape the harsh reality in Los Angeles’ corruption. “Marlowe understands that the corruption inheres so deeply it cannot be healed by candor”. The city of Los Angeles became corrupt, therefore Marlowe plays a role in being the trustworthy detective, who tries and restore justice.
During many scenes, we visualized Marlowe taking a swish of an alcoholic drink or smoking a cigarette. “At the end, he is gulping double scotches, bemoaning the world's dishonesty, and half-yearning for death” (Babener). He knows he has a huge responsibility to stay honest and noble- causing him to stress about his reputation and drinking to numb himself out. And yet Marlowe has a parasitic relationship with corruption because he is one of few who will not tolerate and not give into the city’s