His need to win drives him more than love or any other emotion. That drive could be mistaken as detachment from emotions because of how strong it is. It became obvious when he gave up Brigid, Gutman, Cairo and Wilmer to the police in order to save himself, after he had told Gutman he wouldn’t that he has a great self interest. A characteristic that some force of evil may be portrayed as. Spade gives the impression that he thinks he knows everything and owns the world. “ ‘I know what I’m talking about,’ he said in a low, consciously patient, tone. ‘This is my city and my game.’” (177) The word game is also brought up again. His drive to win is overall a major part of his personality. The consequence of his actions was that he won whatever game he was playing. He was able to outsmart everyone, but at the cost of his being alone. He may have won, but he won Iva, a character symbol of loneliness. Spade may not be greedy but he is very selfish. He feels that he is a professional and that causes him to do things that people normally wouldn’t do. There is irony in the way that Spade thinks about himself. He gets angry with Brigid and others for lying to him or trying to trick him, when he’s doing it himself. He is either oblivious to this fact or he feels that only he should be allowed to do such a thing. At the end of the book Brigid
His need to win drives him more than love or any other emotion. That drive could be mistaken as detachment from emotions because of how strong it is. It became obvious when he gave up Brigid, Gutman, Cairo and Wilmer to the police in order to save himself, after he had told Gutman he wouldn’t that he has a great self interest. A characteristic that some force of evil may be portrayed as. Spade gives the impression that he thinks he knows everything and owns the world. “ ‘I know what I’m talking about,’ he said in a low, consciously patient, tone. ‘This is my city and my game.’” (177) The word game is also brought up again. His drive to win is overall a major part of his personality. The consequence of his actions was that he won whatever game he was playing. He was able to outsmart everyone, but at the cost of his being alone. He may have won, but he won Iva, a character symbol of loneliness. Spade may not be greedy but he is very selfish. He feels that he is a professional and that causes him to do things that people normally wouldn’t do. There is irony in the way that Spade thinks about himself. He gets angry with Brigid and others for lying to him or trying to trick him, when he’s doing it himself. He is either oblivious to this fact or he feels that only he should be allowed to do such a thing. At the end of the book Brigid