like death. Ironically appropriate given what the day held in store”. -Simile‚ Paradox Shows she is living life on the edge close to death "one step closer to heaven was the crematorium" Metaphor Shows the witty side to Valentine Hardboiled detectives are witty “Karate had taught me more than just high kicks” p34 Shows she is tough and independent “The deroes... started on their liquid breakfast”p2 Metaphor‚ seedy lower class‚ urban setting‚ establishes the hardboiled setting. The
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the sentence above is true or not. It would be pretty hard to agree or disagree with this phrase without referring to any book‚ written in this genre. However‚ not every crime novel can be chosen for this purpose. For example‚ nowadays not every detective story‚ written among popular press can be worth paying attention at. Thus‚ it would be more secure to refer to more proper crime fiction book. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a hardboiled crime novel‚ which is included in "TIME ’s List of
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interests are Liquor‚ women‚ reading‚ chess and working alone. He is educated enough that he can speak English if he’s required to’. Marlowe used to work for the district attorney‚ but was fired for insubordination. Philip Marlowe‚ a private detective. Tall‚ dark‚ and rugged‚ with a poker face and a quick wit‚ he is attractive to women but wary of them and of all entanglements. Though cynical and hard-boiled‚ and a heavy drinker capable of violence‚ Marlowe is idealistic‚ even puritanical. Contemptuous
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My Dearest‚ I must apologize for the lateness of my letter‚ but our latest case has gotten pretty big‚ and honestly‚ it’s going to leave a mark on this town and our force. I mentioned parts of the case last time‚ but even though it’s supposed to be classified‚ I can’t keep it to myself‚ I need to talk with you about it my love. I warn you now it is a heavy case‚ and it will break your heart as it has mine‚ but I need to relay the story to you. It all started with a house fire‚ which led to me
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with language developed during her study of linguistics at the University of Sydney. Claudia affirms the hard-boiled detective with her assertive‚ blunt use of language‚ “Close to the bed was a bottle of Jack Daniels: empty. And an ashtray: full”‚ conveying her problematic lifestyle of booze and causal affairs. However‚ the emotive language subverts the hard boiled male detective character as it allows a
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around the setting of the high school. Veronica Mars is a hard-boil detective that does not follow how hard-boil detectives are perceived. We have an understanding that a hard-boil detective is an adult white male loner‚ who is sarcastic and an alcoholic. Throughout the story being told‚ the women are perceived to be the ones causing corruption‚ sexually and emotionally. However‚ Veronica breaks the traditional hard-boil detective‚ by being a female‚ a teenager‚ staying away from alcohol and drugs
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Poe’s influence on American literature was nothing short of great; not only was he the creator of the detective story and the horror thriller‚ but he also influenced many great writers‚ among those William Faulkner and Fyodor Dostoevsky. While Poe is best known for his horror thrillers‚ being the creator of that particular genre‚ he has also fashioned two other literary genres‚ like the detective and the science fiction genre. Throughout his life‚ Poe read‚ reviewed‚ and critiqued many books for various
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The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie Analysis “Agatha Christie‚ a woman who is recognized as one of the best female crime & mystery novel writers of all time”. This introduction provides reasoning to prove that this is true through the explanation of her strong characters‚ her interesting settings‚ and her strong display of morality. The writer does a good job in avoiding facts‚ keeping the thesis mainly opinionated. In the body of the essay‚ I believe it could have been rearranged
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Themes of mystery transcend basic detective stories‚ and often mix realistic‚ fantasy and/or supernatural elements together. In Mystery in Children’s Literature: From Rational to the Supernatural‚ Gavin and Routledge see two main categories of mystery writing: the ‘rational’ in which mysteries
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call comes into the LAPD’s Homicide Special Section. The caller is vague‚ but insists that Detective Robert Hunter go to a provided web address where a private broadcast will begin soon. On logging into the customized webcast on the office computer‚ he is even more baffled when the caller demands that he not only watch the webcast but also be an active participant in it. With refusal out of the question‚ Detective Hunter is forced to sit through a torture session that ends in a gruesome murder that is
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