Sunday, February 20, 2011
You cant fool me
Most good noir tales involve a detective who is able to solve the crime. In the book double indemnity one of the top insurance guys named Keyes seem to represents the detective like figure. He over whelmed me with his knowledge of how the crime happened . He seemed to have known how the criminal be hide the incident thought and how he or she put it together. His hard work and dedication to his company showed up, as he expulsed what he suspected the master mind of the murder had done. He wanted to investigate every aspect of the “so called” accident that lead to the death of Mr. Nirdlinger. And he wanted to especially start with the wife. He quoted “I advise filing an information of suspected murder against her, and smashing at her as hard and as quick as we can”. this showed that. Mr. Keyes had been in this business long enough to know what a murder looked like and he was not stupid. He understood that the wife had a motive for the death of her husband and a good one. The noir films over flowed with criminals that seem to have it all to gather. Ones who kept in mind that the police would look at it as murder but would never figure it out as murder. but there was all ways a detective who seem to be two steps ahead of the master mind in motion. Keyes kept in mind that this could just as will be a murder.
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I agree that Keyes is intelligent enough to know that this deal smells bad, but how did he figure out the specific details. It's hinky that he got every detail right like he was watching what was taking place. Nobody's that good. There's a hidden agenda as to why Keyes is so good. It's smart of him to sit back and let this whole thing play out.I like what you said about his dedication and all, but i'm just alittle suspicious about him.
ReplyDeleteGreat observation. Keyes is obviously known for having some sort of O.C.D with certain information and he goes into great detail with his research. The information about Keyes when he was first brought up had some sort of a clue to his role in the novel. Why else would his peeves and characteristic be explained if it wasn't important?
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