Character Analysis Of Mr. Cario In Dashiell Hammett's Maltese Falcon

The Book Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett has several interesting characters. To some, the characters in the book can resemble a contradistinction to the modern city or stereotypical individuals that thrive in the modern day city. Through the story the author gave plenty information of characters that were overtaken by the incredible power of greed. However, one character stood out in my eyes. This Character is MR. Cario, this individual gave the story a different twist on what a man is supposed to be portrayed like. Cairo has a sort of unusual feel to him or like the book says “This guy is queer.” P.42. His is also not quite built like a stereotypical man. Still in the book he finds a way to be very sneaky and deceitful. To this modern era the image of a man is still in one way portrayed as a very strong man and is somewhat intellectually bright. As well as most men don't care about what they have
Also he would be able to carries himself in any situation. Throughout the book the character Spade is one to resemble what a stereotypical man is assumed to be. By having a “jaw [that is] long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth.”p.3 which would imply that he is fit and has a muscular body. On the other hand Cario is described as “a small-boned dark man of medium height. His hair was black and smooth and very glossy.” p.42. Cairo carried on him veracious amounts of joules and very nice cloths. Carios along with dressing nicely, has “a high-pitched thin voice” p.43. The stereotype man usually has a deep voice and is a very good at doing strenuous labor. And to this the book describes Cairo hands to be very soft and well cared for. This description means that he is not usually into doing hard working labor. With all these features being described in the book about Cairo it gave him a sense of vulnerability to