Sam Spade

Kaylen Simmons Mr. Smith Block 1 15 September 2015 Sam Spade was Misused and Abused A victim is a person that is tricked or swindled. In the novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, deception plays a big role. Throughout the story Sam Spade is deceived and taken advantage of in the story by Bridgid O'Shaughnessy. She is a compulsive liar and lies about almost everything in order to get an advantage of receiving the falcon. She is not completely honest with her relationship between her and the book's villain Casper Gutman and his employee Joel Cairo. Brigid O'Shaugnessy deceptions and manipulations make Sam Spade the victim in the novel. Bridgid O'Shaugnessy lied to Sam Spade about her name and her story. “The hell of it is, Miss—is your name Wonderly or Leblanc?” She blushed and murmured: “It’s really O’Shaughnessy—Brigid O’Shaughnessy.” (Hammett, 54) She lies about her name introducing herself as Miss. Wonderly. She falsely represented herself because she did not want Spade to know what she was really after and she did not want to get noticed with the police and Gutman. She lies to Sam Spade about her story so he would have a reason to want to work with her and protect her. “That—that story I told you yesterday was…

Hammet were closely related while occurring in two cities on complete opposite sides of the country. Both Raymond Cruz and Sam Spade are sharp, old fashioned, and gritty characters. When it comes to the descriptions of these characters and the correlation between them and their respective cities in which they reside, the authors are able to produce iconic and almost historical storylines. The way they act throughout the novels relates to the city’s historically old fashioned mannerisms. However,…

have a role on the plot. The novel pursues private detective Sam Spade through his various encounters of work and contacts with both criminals and police officials. Spade is a self-sufficient and manipulative…

protagonist, usually a detective figure, is pushed in all the wrong directions, he or she is commonly beat up at least once throughout the film, and generally ends up losing everything. The Detective is the most iconic Noir hero. Due to these films showing a very different view on life, one that society was not used to seeing, directors and writers needed to come up with an utterly different hero to fit in with this world they were creating. These so called heroes were as ruthless, greedy and…

character, Sam Spade, battles around town to find this treasured falcon. Spade doesn’t know what is so great about the falcon, however he just knows that it’s costing him his reputation around town. With the police watching his every move and the death of his partner, he is pressed for time. The film gives you a suspenseful feel, as if you are doing the dirty work right along with him. Director, John Huston, really raised the bar by incorporating crime film drama into a Classical Hollywood Film.…

Brigid tries to receive help from Spade to get the Maltese falcon, by uses her charm (The Maltese Falcon). Corruption is another big part of being a hard-boiled private investigator story. Brenden knows there is corruption in the school so he is firm with the Assistant Vice Principal Truman by saying “Alright, I need you off my back completely for a few weeks. There might be some heat soon” (Brick). He is saying that he needs space to work and needs to show him he’s not afraid of the vice…

overtakes them. In The Maltese Falcon, the priceless statuette lures the characters into a pointless wild goose chase while losing three lives. This statuette symbolizes how deceiving monetary greed can be. Early in the novel, Brigid manipulates Spade and Archer into following Thursby, claiming he knows the whereabouts of her sister: “Mr. Spade, could either you or Mr. Archer?’ She made an appealing gesture with both hands. ‘Could either of you look after it personally? I don’t mean that the man…

and Symbols). This is a sobering reminder to post-War Americans recovering from the disorder and lack of money of the 1930s topsy-turvy economy, “many of the characters find themselves in troublesome situations, such as Agnes Lozelle and Harry Jones, therefore mirroring the desperation in which Americans found themselves throughout the period about which Chandler is writing” (Sparknotes, Themes, Motifs, and Symbols). …

this earth. In the Maltese falcon there are several examples of the stereotype of sexism against women. In the novel, there are two main women and they are all portrayed to be emotional and very flirtatious. For example, when one of the main characters Brigid, makes the statement to spade “Can I buy you with my body?” (Hammett 57) it shows the desperateness and in a way the lack of morals that she has in order to get what she wants. Alongside that example is another between Spade and Effie.…

Lieutenant Dundy and Tom visits Spade in his Apartment to question him about the death of Thursby and Miles. Dundy comes up with two theories, each accusing Spade of a crime or a foul play. He accuses Spade of killing Thursby as a retribution for Thursby killing Miles. He also accuses Spade of having a hand in Miles’ death, because Spade knew some details about the gun that Miles was shot with and Spade was also afraid to relay the death of Miles to Mrs. Archer. In some countries, these kinds of…