Chinatown Jake Gittes Character Analysis

Thursday, September 27, 1888. The Central News Agency receives a mysterious letter that reads,“Dear Boss, I keep hearing the police have caught me, but they won’t fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. They joke about the leather apron gives me real fits” (Sharkey 64). This small portion of a letter was written by the infamous Jack the Ripper.

In some hard-boiled detective fictions, the police are not only ignorant and incompetent, but also violent and corrupt. Usually, the criminal gangsters share a close relationship with those police officers. They represents the social darkness and unfair. In The Long Goodbye, the police turned the fact upside down to cater the need of a multi-millionaire, by making false evidence, and commit perjury. Those mercenary polices have contrasted strongly with the righteous

The Horseman Arrives Tonight... right? What is the real legend of Sleepy Hollow? Is it an undead assassin in search of the skull taken from him in the revolutionary war, or a man trying to scare away the competition for his woman? Both stories convey a sense confrontation between Ichabod and Brom Bones, in which Brom acts like the horseman to scare Ichabod. The biggest controversy, one that completely changes the story, is the fact that in one story the undead horseman is real, and in the other he is just a man.

Tony losses one of his friends in the deal gone wrong but since he got both the money and the drugs it lead to Frank being very pleased and offering them a job to work for him to do more drug trafficking, so he sends him to meet a drug lord named Alejandro Sosa. Some social control in the movie is displayed when Tony does well in the deal gone badly; the boss is happy and rewards them for the insane behavior by giving them another job. This scene of social control shows the audience that doing these bad duties is a must for an immigrant in order to make it big, so they have respect for what Tony has to do in his world. Once Tony talks with Sosa and gains the drug lords trust he returns home to Frank and start to get into a dispute over not agreeing on a deal together. Tony goes to a disco at which he is met by a cop and after they talk Tony tries to take Frank’s girl so Frank confronts him but Tony did not care so Frank leaves with his girl.

Insider The Outsiders Pony boy is very rational, he is the one of the characters in the book impressed me deeply. Violence was much more powerful than we imagine… He is a member of the Greasers, and almost like a hood to steal things and have a gang fight once in a while. However, he changed. When he lost his friends, one by one. The full of experience always makes him to be a rational person.

"’Cause I’m black…"(Steinbeck ch.4). This is the only time that we see crooks discussing how everyone on the ranch degrades him and discriminates him. Crooks is so oppressed by the society that he lives in, that he starts to opress himself and he seems to be depressed. Crooks never talks back to any of the ranch workers when they call him racial slurs to his face. Crooks either has a strong will to keep working here, or, he knows that he has no other choice than to go out alone and starve.

The justice looks like the major issue of the plot, as Abner’s actions are explained by himself and his family as a response to an insult. But it is clear the man’s logic is twisted; Abner Snopes provoked all incidents by himself to create a reason to excuse his desire for fires. The final scenes of the story suggest the justice was served, as the man was caught during his final crime. But this is also a complex situation, as other family members, who did not support Abner’s position directly, did not experience the improvement in their living conditions and even could be hurt or killed. The story starts with the description of a trial, where Abner Snopes was accused in burning of his neighbor’s barn.

However, the inexplicable amount of “dragons” that Chandler presents in the novel hinder Marlowe from being able to accomplish his goals without obstacles. Chandler produces the classic detective novel through his use of conniving criminals, corrupt police, and characters that are slighted by the actions of those in their lives. The novels chief detective, Philip Marlowe, is unable to eliminate every criminal that crosses his path, much to his dismay. Although most of the offenders are apparent from the beginning of the novel, some are not revealed until towards the end. Consider mob boss Eddie Mars; well known by the police officers, along with his hitman Canino, yet no one seems to do anything about it.

Two great stories about a sailor trying to survive a world class hunter and a western town marshal trying to take on a gang alone are actually very interesting to compare. High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, is a movie about Will Kane, a marshal in the Wild West who is abandoned by his town when they find out Frank Miller is coming back to town. “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, is a story about a sailor who falls into the trap of a General who kills men for sport. He is forced to play his game or possibly get tortured, and chooses to take his chances with the game. High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are two very different stories, however you will find that there are many similarities between the stories’ protagonists and settings.

Mr. Monk Character Analysis In Mr. Monk Gets Even by Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk was even better at solving the murder mysteries than I expected. Mr. Monk was an unusual character; he was written to be abnormal. Despite his many phobias and quirks, he was a brilliant detective. He used his deductive skills consulting the San Francisco Police Department. In the story, he solved several murders and prevented the prison escape of his nemesis.

In Mattie’s world the meaning of true grit is to have a lot of courage. I feel everybody except Tom Chaney has some form of true grit. For example Rooster Cogburn showed true grit because he charged against seven armed riders with two pistols on a horse by himself. However Mama has true grit because she is battling death back at home. The reason Tom Chaney has no true grit is because he is a coward.

They have hatred towards the Socs. One of the greasers haphazardly take things too far. He and another greaser run away, but they come back as a result of of certain events that happen. They begin to realize who the person they killed was. The greasers are lawbreakers, but can still be great people.

She feels as though he is making fun of her. The judge reassures Mayella that Atticus has “done business in [the] court for years and years, and he is always courteous to everybody” (Lee 243). The judge implies that Atticus means no harm and is reliable because they have been working together for years. When Atticus thinks that Jem killed Ewell, he starts to panic. He starts to think of a good explanation and decides it was a “clear-cut self defense” (Lee 365).

And if he doesn 't come out in five minutes, I 'm going home,” (Pg 213). This indirect quote shows the reader that Do deals with things problematic to him, with a great deal of courage, once again shown when standing up to the bouncer at the gig. Do was very resilient when dealing with his family 's money problems, by not letting his mistakes put him down. By keeping a positive frame of mind, Do kept the reader interested in the text, as he often brought the best out of the worse situations. Mr Borny, Anh Do’s Drama teacher, gave Do one very important compliment, that continues to carry Do today, ‘Anh, you 're a very talented storyteller.’

Greed for some extra money overshadows death of a human being. In a world deluged with greed and selfishness, perhaps Bateman would stick out like a sore thumb if he weren’t a psychopath. Even after Bateman makes his confession, there is no repercussion for him. Society seems to see the devil inside him and eagerly accepts him for the familiarity he brings. Throughout the movie Bateman’s behavior was reinforced,even when he went out on a suicidal rampage he got off scot-free.