Outline For The Big Sleep

This investigation examines is it possible for light pulses to alter the motor skills, and cardiac movements of biological life forms. Is it possible to change how biological lifeforms functions if we were to shine a light on them every hour at night? Knowing how most animals work, and from that of human experience I can say that light is what makes us stay awake; therefore if we have a light shined on us every hour would we lose sleep? These are the type of questions I will be answering throughout my extended essay. I will talk about how our sleep is affected by light, and monitor this so I can then record the data. I will also be discussing why we sleep. Which you may be wondering how this ties into light, however light does damage our skin

Purpose: To inform the audience about what sleep is and how it helps the body.

The last knightly characteristic that we will cover in this essay is courage. Both protagonists, Phillip Marlowe and Sir Gawain demonstrate a lot of courage throughout each book. Phillip Marlowe displays this trait in The Big Sleep on page 33 when he says

You pulled up to a stoplight and beside you sits a man in a rusted out, beat up junker. You decide that you are going to overtake the junker and it’s time to show that scrap-pile what four-cylinders of fury can do. The light turns green and before your car has even crossed the line the junker is on the other side of the intersection. What you just witnessed was a sleeper in action. A sleeper is a high performance vehicle whose looks gives away none of its athletic personality. Building a sleeper is a rewarding experience that will leave you with a fun and fast car that will blow the doors off most high end sport/super cars. By, following this guide you can turn your car into an ultimate sleeper.

The entirety of ‘The Big Sleep' is based around corruption and misconduct there are six murders that occur in total through the film and one happens

Job loss is often unfavorable for a multitude of reasons; loss of income, status and change in self worth. As we have seen, in Ehlers, Frank and Kupfer, social change can lead a person to losing their synchronized body rhythm. These rhythms help people to wake up in the morning, set biological clocks for food consumption and digestion and help to organize time through the day. With the loss of these rhythms there is also a disturbance of the circadian cycle. If the subject does not sense there is a need for sleep to prepare the body and mind for work, they may stay up all night. There is not only a loss of daily rhythms and restorative sleep, but we have also seen that a loss of sleep promotes the slowing of the metabolism and impaired glucose tolerance, as reported by Knutson and Cauter.

   In response to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, I have just one question. Why all the similes? There isn't a single page in the novel that doesn't display this annoying literary device. Everything is "like this" or "like that." It never ends! Similar to decoding a secret message that isn't difficult to understand, but nevertheless tiring due to the overwhelming amount of messages, the novel is frustrating to read. The following analysis acknowledges Chandler's creativity in developing his main character, Philip Marlowe, with his usage of simile. However, the excessive style of the novel creates a dominating force that ultimately leaves the reader unfulfilled at the end.

Marlowe meets Mrs. Regan and immediately notices her legs which he believes she intentionally positioned for him to stare at. He goes into great detail saying, "The knees were dimpled, not bony and sharp. The calves were beautiful, the ankles long and slim and with enough melodic line for a tone poem" (17). Chandler allows Marlowe to quickly notice such things and as a result, the reader feels that the description given is accurate as well as engaging. Upon completion of his conversation with Mrs. Regan, Marlowe leaves the house still thinking, "She had lovely legs. I would say that for her" (21). Although describing her legs does not seem like an incredibly important part of the plot, it shows how manipulative Mrs. Regan really is. Marlowe knew from when he first saw Mrs. Regan she was trouble and it is obvious he was right since he left the house distracted by her and still thinking about her legs. By describing Mrs. Regan in this way, Chandler successfully contrasts Mrs. Regan and Carmen. The aspects which Marlowe focuses on allow the reader to note Marlowe's impressions

The big sleep fills this novel from cover to cover. Joe Brody, an opportunistic gambler; Harry Jones, a little man; Lash Canino, a deadly thug; and Mr. Regan, an elusive ex-bootlegger, all suffer from the sting of death. The curse of the big sleep makes the crossing over from Chandler’s novel to Hawks’s

He fits into the role of knight in the story, with qualities of virtue and chivalry. These are demonstrated by his refusal to take advantage of Carmen or Vivian, despite their attempts to lure him in. His lack of desire for money differentiates Marlowe from the other characters. Charging a mere $25 a day plus expenses, he receives small wages because he wishes to avoid becoming corrupted by wealth. He adheres to his strict code of ethics, using it to dictate his actions. His sense of duty to his client motivates him to pursue the case of the missing Rusty Regan. Still, Marlowe has a few faults; drinking excessively, treating others callously, and not reporting illegal activity to law enforcement make him far from flawless. Chandler purposefully writes Marlowe as an imperfect but inherently good

In the film The Big Sleep, different filming techniques are used to help demonstrate the relationship between different characters. These are very important for shaping meaning in film as well as in other visual texts. An eye-level angle puts the audience on an equal level with the characters. This is the most commonly used angle in most films as it allows the viewers to feel comfortable with the characters. When Marlowe first enters Mr. Sternwood’s greenhouse, Sternwood is sitting in a wheelchair while Marlowe remains standing.

However, the description of chivalry is not only portrayed through the imagery in the novel but moreover through the behavior of Philip Marlowe. For hundreds of years, the knight is one of the most fascinating figures or motives of the history which has not lost his symbolic brightness and power. If one is looking for a definition of a knight it always includes certain terms like strong, noble, chivalrous, morally straight or protector of the weak as well as the existence of a certain code. According to this code it is the duty of a knight to protect women, children and to have faithfulness. This is exactly the behavior that Marlowe displays throughout the novel. Within the novel there are several passages and examples

"The death of a millionaire triggers a series of events in which only Philip Marlowe play out like a fish on the water".

Pages 16-19 of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep are extremely significant to the wider novel as they provide the reader with a further insight into Marlowe’s views on the nature of corruption, excess of decadence, and women.

In Raymond Chandler’s novel The Big Sleep, a private detective is trying to unravel a blackmailing case for a dying millionaire, General Sternwood. Philip Marlowe, the detective, finds that the case not only involves blackmail, but also homicide. Set and written in 1930’s America, the economic devastation of the Great Depression has a significant influence on the book’s plot, and showcases character’s struggle to retain honor and virtue in a world that revolves around profit-seeking delinquency and organized corruption. Marlowe’s work as a private detective brings him face to face with criminals of every variety, and each corresponds to a piece on the chessboard that appears repeatedly in the story. Marlowe’s symbolic identity is the