For week 13 I have decided to do a literary analysis post about the story "The Big Sleep" I have chosen to read. This week, I completed the second third of the story. A lot happened in this portion of the reading and I have chosen Riley, one of the main characters to do my post on. Riley is his undercover name he uses while doing investigation work.
This whole story has been about murder and the events that went down before and after a murder has taken place. Riley has been the main guy investigating this and using his tools to gain as much information about the case as he can. A theme I have chosen to describe Riley is Sneaky. From the beginning of the story until now, he has been sneaky with every move he has made but that is required from him by the kind of work he does. He has accomplished a lot and actually has helped a lot of people out in this story so far and although he was been doing undercover work, he has been a good guy to people. This means to me that he is a person who cares. His work that he does can be dirty but overall, he is doing the work for a reason. It is playing out in the story very well. He started out with some enemies and that was because of the kind of work he does. People didn't like him because he was investigating things undercover and being sneaky and they thought of him as a bad person. However, since the story has gone on, the people who first disliked him now enjoy him and respect him for who he is and what he does. He has gained "friends" that he did not have in the start of the story.
This works well with what the author has done so far because at first he was a sneaky undercover cop. However, now he is respected for the things he has done. This is a metaphor emphasizing the saying "don't judge a book by its cover." I believe this metaphor is going to carry out throughout this story and I will be surprised if the direction of this story changes.
Logan,
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to read this story. I wonder how the investigator changes the minds of people who are apprehensive about investigators. How does he gain their respect? I wonder what in particular does he do? Usually in this kind of work, those whom you investigate tend to hate you. Does he gain these people's respect too?
Good morning Logan,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an interesting book! Are these the types of books that you like to read? I found that being able to choose the book we like for our novel reading was really helpful because it was something that I was interested in and really enjoyed reading. I like how you described Riley as sneaky and gave supporting evidence. Great analysis.