Blog Entry Four

Option One: According to article "Primary Characteristics and...
These descriptions, according to option one, I believe are true. "The primary moods of classic film noir alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt and paranoia." The description of Double Indemnity does relate towards those primary moods, Themes and Styles of classic film noir. First reason, the ending of the novel shows alienation, because it is full with allot of "emotional isolation" and from time to time, very often we visualize estrangement from the main character. Second, the last section shows bleakness, for the reason being, Walters life is depressing, and throughout the final chapters, we as readers get "exposed to" elements that are "cold and cutting"; most of all raw raw to the reader. Just like in any classic film noir element. Throughout the novel, we see allot of disillusionment, because there is much confusion, we don't really know whats going on until we finish reading. For example, when Walter is shoot by an unknown suspect, he writes, "I wasn't the only one that figured the world wasn't big enough for two people...I had come there to kill her, but she had beaten me to it"(94). We think Phyllis, yet in this part we are not certain. How does the ending section describe pessimism and ambiguity, first we view Walter, a murderer, a murderer we interpret in two or more expressions, because the story is telling from his point of view. For example, someone who is in love, and wants good for Lola, yet feels guilt for killing her father. Killing Mr. Nirdlinger without a seconds thought, and not thinking about it for HALF-A-SECOND, the mind of a KILLER. Then we see Phyllis, who we find to be pure evil, a feme fatales. This novel proves guilt, guilt on Walters's behalf, and paranoia, like when Keye's would talk to him about the situation not being suicide. Or when Lola claimed she was to call-out Phyllis in front of the court, everyone to watch. And that she would not be stopped. The ending of the novel has allot of moral corruption for the mire reason Walter is in between good and evil, trying to do good, through bad, only to find himself in a moral judgment of both, that is Walters character in the novel.