Biography of Dashiell Hammett On May 27th‚ 1894 in St. Mary’s County‚ Maryland‚ Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born to Richard Hammett and Anne Dashiell. In order to help support his family‚ Hammett dropped out of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute at the age of 13 and found employment in various fields of unskilled labor such as a stevedore‚ newsboy‚ and freight clerk. At the age of 20‚ Hammett joined the Pinkerton detective agency where he served sporadically as a gumshoe for 6 years. This was the
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A few months ago‚ thanks to the vivacious Tammy Gillis‚ the accomplished actor Jim Thorburn was brought to my attention (they are married‚ in case you were unaware). While his name was somewhat unknown to me‚ his talent and works included some of my classic and current favorites. As I have been faithfully following his career all this time now‚ I was ecstatic to promote his upcoming film‚ Engaging Father Christmas‚ and he was kind enough to chat with me briefly about his role in this upcoming film
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The Big Sleep In the book The Big Sleep‚ and the film The Big Sleep‚ I saw many similarities and many differences. Both book and film intrigue the mind of the reader and viewer by introducing different plots and characters through out the book and film. First I shall start off by talking about the plots and characters of the book and film. The plot and the setting at the beginning of the film pretty much started out the same as it did in the book. The only difference
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Character Analysis on Rear Window Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ was made in the year 1954. It has been said that Rear Window is the basis for D.J. Caruso’s movie Disturbia. Rear Window has three main characters‚ J.B. “Jeff” Jefferies played by James Stewart‚ Lisa Fremont played by grace Kelly‚ and Stella played by Thelma Ritter. Each of these three characters is critiqued by five different categories‚ including‚ appropriateness‚ inherent thoughtfulness or emotionality‚ expressive
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Jasmine Lewis Professor Laura Rose THE 101 24 March 2014 J.M Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World On Thursday March 13‚ 2014 I had the pleasure of seeing the Charleston Premiere of The Playboy of the Western World written by J.M Synge and directed by Linda Eisen‚ expertly performed at South of Broadway Theatre Company in Charleston‚ South Carolina. Not previously knowing what this play was about‚ I was in for a very big surprise. At first glance‚ the performance space looks like the inside of
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A blind man named Robert is coming to have dinner and stay overnight. The narrator’s wife worked for him for one summer about ten years earlier. They two became friends and have continued to communicating by using audio tapes. Not only the narrator annoyed with the fact that Robert is visiting but in some ways he is also jealous of the connection that his wife has with Robert. The narrator views Robert’s visit as an inconvenience. The narrator having trouble to entertain Robert. He does
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Readers start to note change within the narrator as he begins to describe the cathedral on the television screen to his visitor. He tries for a while but ends up tripping over his words and having no such luck. When solely relying on vision‚ he quickly uses up his means of explanation. Robert instructs him to retrieve a pen and paper with plans for them to draw the cathedral instead. At first he reacts with puzzlement in his tone‚ but soon comes full circle to acknowledge this new idea. This demonstrates
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I had Cathedral in my bag‚ intending to read Carver’s A Small‚ Good Thing. At lunchtime I decided to borrow from the library‚ Beginners – the recently-published book of Carver’s unedited What We Talk About When We Talk About Love stories – so I could compare the three versions. Though the catalogue said there was one on the shelf at Customs House‚ it couldn’t be found. The librarian ordered another copy from Surry Hills to be sent for me to collect from Town Hall. On the way back to work I stopped
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Their senses of humor follow a similar pattern‚ in that the narrator relies on his bitterness and Robert relies on his wit. The narrator makes jokes at Robert’s expense‚ saying that “‘Maybe [he] could take [Robert] bowling’” (Carver 212). His humor develops Robert’s blindness as the punchline‚ lacking sensitivity towards Robert’s disability. Another of the narrator’s jokes pokes fun at religion‚ for example‚ when they sit down to eat and begin to pray‚ only for the narrator to finish with‚ “‘Pray
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As the above discussion suggest‚ Reed rewrites the traditional detective archetypes in Mumbo Jumbo. The detective in Mumbo Jumbo is not a perfect and eccentric weird but a blemished and caring houngan. Discarded the pattern of one detective with one assistant‚ the detective is accompanied by several assistants in Mumbo Jumbo. And the main assistant in Mumbo Jumbo is not a simple-minded listener‚ but a far-sighted tutor. The villains in the novel are also ironically depicted. Contrasting with the
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