The Maltese Falcon: The Film & Book Dashiell Hammett was a prolific writer of short stories for the pulp magazines in the 1920s-1930s‚ but only wrote five mystery novels. Most of his works involved his anonymous detective The Continental Op‚ an employee of one of the big national detective agencies. Sam Spade became popular because of the movies‚ but didn’t feature in much of this author’s work. Hammett’s greatest skill was his combination of terse presentation‚ witty dialogue‚ and a plain style
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The Big Time series is a series of paranormal novels by paranormal and urban fantasy author Jennifer Estep. Estep published the first novel of the series Karma Girl in 2007 to much popularity amongst fans of the genre. Following the popularity of the series‚ Jennifer went on to follow the first with several more titles in the still ongoing series. The Bigtime series of paranormal romances is set in the Big Apple‚ New York City. The Bigtime is a city full of uber villains‚ heroic superheroes‚ sassy
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Dashiell Hammett’s novel‚ The Maltese Falcon‚ is a hard-boiled detective novel; a subset of the mystery genre. Before the appearance of this sub-genre‚ mystery novels were mainly dominated by unrealistic cases and detectives like Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. As Malmgren states‚ “The murders in these stories are implausibly motivated‚ the plots completely artificial‚ and the characters pathetically two-dimensional‚ puppets and cardboard lovers‚ and paper mache villains and detectives of exquisite
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Good morning/ afternoon‚ teacher and HSC students‚ Distinctive voices are an imperative device of language as there are various types and functions of voices in texts. The way language is used to create voices in texts and to show how it is used to express the interpretation and to shape the meaning of distinctive voices‚ I will be using examples from crime fiction text‚ “The life and Crimes of Harry Lavender” by Marele Day‚ which both supports and subverts the traditionally male hard-boiled detective
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The Science of Sleep is a trilingual film‚ with dialogue spoken in French‚ English‚ and Spanish by characters who are very much global citizens‚ crossing boundaries of consciousness as easily as they cross boundaries of culture. Gondry decorates his love story with deliberately low-tech special effects‚ including cellophane made to look like bath water and a subconscious television studio constructed largely of corrugated cardboard. This is filmmaking with all the seams and stitches exposed‚ an appreciation
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“Motha’s Day for Big Mae” This is a story about a Big woman that goes by the name of “Big Mae”. She is the common law wife to a man named Old man Berry. He spends his days sitting in the bar owned by a man named Howard. Every morning Smitty and Cuz who were Berry’s buddies‚ along with Berry stood outside the bar waiting for Howard to arrive. Inside they sit around talking mess and Berry spends all of the money given to him by Mae. One day‚ Howard decides to give berry a piece of his mind regarding
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Biography of Dashiell Hammett On May 27th‚ 1894 in St. Mary’s County‚ Maryland‚ Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born to Richard Hammett and Anne Dashiell. In order to help support his family‚ Hammett dropped out of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute at the age of 13 and found employment in various fields of unskilled labor such as a stevedore‚ newsboy‚ and freight clerk. At the age of 20‚ Hammett joined the Pinkerton detective agency where he served sporadically as a gumshoe for 6 years. This was the
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Friends: The Best Television Series Ever The American sitcom Friends is without a doubt the best television series ever produced due to the unique characters‚ clever humor and wide audience range. The series premiered in 1994‚ and lasted ten seasons before its finale in 2004. The show follows six best friends living in New York City‚ as they struggle through life as young adults. Each character offers a very distinct and contrasting personality‚ allowing for endless scenarios‚ making each episode
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One of my favorite TV shows in the world is Friends. Friends is a sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. The first episode premiered in 1994 starring Jennifer Aniston‚ Courteney Cox‚ Lisa Kudrow‚ Matthew Perry‚ Matt LeBlanc‚ and David Schwimmer. The last episode aired in 2004. I watched the show with my mom when I was younger‚ now I am obsessed. I realized one day that my friends have a lot of the same qualities as the characters in Friends. While I can see all six characters in each of
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1. How does Newell try to create corporate advantage? Newell tries to create corporate advantage by introducing a “build on what we do best” philosophy started by Daniel Ferguson‚ the CEO. Ferguson describes this philosophy in more detail in the case by stating "We realized we knew how to make a high-volume‚ low-cost product‚ and we knew how to relate to and sell to the large mass retailer." This role for Newell was the foundation for how they would obtain their corporate advantage in the industry
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