Gillespie. That brings us to the topic of Virgil’s intelligence. It is plain to anyone that Virgil is relatively smart‚ and much smarter than most of the other characters in the novel. Perhaps Virgil is not much smarter than the average person‚ but in the book he appears to be exceptionally gifted. I believe this is because the other characters in the novel lack a proper education‚ where as Virgil attended college as we learn when Harvey Oberst asks Virgil if he’d been to school and Virgil answers‚
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Novel Study Questions: I n The Heat of the Night by John Ball Chapter 1 1. What descriptive details does the author use to make it clear that the setting of the story is a small town? 2. The character of Sam Wood is developed in several instances in Chapter 1. Discuss and develop his character by referring to: a) his opinion of his job b) the reference to killing the dog c) the Delores Purdy incident d) the conversation with the night worker at the restaurant
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Main Characters: Sam Wood is the protagonist in the story because the story starts off with him driving around Wells‚ and he was the one who discovered Mr. Mantoli’s body. On page two‚ it says‚ "He slipped the car into gear and moved it away from the curb with the professional smoothness of an expert driver." This quote shows how Sam is an expert driver. Another quote on page thirty nine‚ "Sam reached up and removed his uniform cap ashamed that he had forgotten to do so until now. I’m terribly sorry
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In the film ‘In the Heat of the Night‚’ it was portrayed as a civil rights parable and as a crime drama. The film was released in 1967 three years after the Civil Rights Act was legislated; therefore‚ it depicted the racial tension in the 1960s in the town of Sparta‚ Mississippi. Between the film‚ ‘In the Heat of the Night‚’ and class lectures over the 1960s there was a great correlation over the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and the Civil Rights movement‚ including Martin Luther
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Sam Wood‚ a respected police officer in Wells‚ South Carolina‚ patrols the city every night. One night‚ after stopping at his usual diner for a snack‚ and discussing Negros unfavorably with Ralph‚ the night counterman‚ Sam finds a body in the middle of the highway. He reports the body‚ which is soon tentatively identified as that of Maestro Enrico Mantoli‚ the conductor and lead organizer of the city’s upcoming music festival. Bill Gillespie‚ the chief of police‚ is notified‚ and after his arrival
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Sam walks home from school ‚ his heart in a ditch. The kids at school are nice‚ but not when big ol’ Jack the bully is around. He can’t help but think about what he had always wanted‚ a best friend‚ a companion‚ a pet dog. When he arrives home‚ he asks his parents’ for the hundredth time if he could get a dog. His parents like always answers with a no. Again explaining that having a dog requires a lot of responsibility and he could only get one when he gets older. When Sam turns twelve‚ his parents
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Sam Spade the Anti-Hero We often look back upon Sam Spade‚ the protagonist in The Maltese Falcon‚ as the first example of the modern day detective. This modern day detective is the gruff Man who keeps his wits about him‚ always gets the ladies‚ and cracks the case in the end. Sam Spade does fit into this category and it is for that reason that Sam Spade can be properly categorized as an anti-hero. While Sam Spade is indeed the protagonist of the novel‚ he is by no means a hero in the traditional
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS ? SAM SPADE The mystery and the crime in are obviously paramount in the development and success of a good crime fiction novel‚ but anther key concern must certainly be the protagonist. Especially in hard-boiled fiction‚ where the detective is your eyes to the unknown world in which the novel is placed. Dashiell Hammett has constructed Sam Spade in a way so the protagonist has become a feature of the book‚ rather than merely a medium for the transfer of clue and information in
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In The Heat Of The Night Racism and inequality between nationalities was a major part of the late 1800s and early 1900s. This ignorance has lead to many problems including slavery‚ segregation and modern racism. In The Heat Of The Night‚ a novel written by John Ball‚ explores the world of Sam Wood. Sam wood has been taught racism his entire life and when a murder occurs and an African American man could possibly be the culprit‚ he jumps to conclusions. Throughout the novel‚ Sam Wood learns and
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Nathan Christianson November 19‚ 2009 Comparing and Contrasting In the Heat of the Night The novel‚ In the Heat of the Night‚ and the movie based on the novel‚ had a lot of differences and some similarities which changed the effect of the movie if you read the novel. The theme of this story is racism and was portrayed in different ways in the movie and the novel‚ but both had
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