Essay about The Unexpected: Detective Matt Cole

He did face problems which caused him to worry, but he did always try to solve each problem reasonably. Matt also did a lot for his siblings too, as he would work when he could and would watch the girls so Luke could work. Matt was very devoted and willing to help out however he could. Although Matt didn’t stay in school, due to the dilemma with Marie Pye he does make the best of his life. It was a shame for him to not go and finish university since he worked very hard to get the scholarship, but he made the best of things and built a life for himself, Marie and their child. Matt had to face many difficulties and they shaped him into the good life he has made for himself and his

While Matt tries to understand his existence a grasping cast of characters is threatening him such as sinister and El – Patron’s power hungry family. Matt is also surrounded by a perilous army of bodyguards and mindless slaves who toil in the poppy fields in Opium.

Matt favors fall. He is “too much fall-wet brown leaves under a darkening sky” This quote shows he resembles fall because he has dark hair and dark eyes.

This quote shows the reader that Matt is not a mindless killer. He is not like Strout. He cannot just kill on a whim, or even out of a burst of anger. All of his moves are calculated but he still feels remorse for planning to do such a thing. He does not feel that he can be around Richard Strout for a long period of time, and then kill him.

Throughout the book, Matt has to be brave and take risks to gain experience and knowledge about morality, people, places and beliefs. On page 18 it is stated, “Matt came to a decision. It was

All actions have consequences whether good or bad, in this case, Matt does leads from one thing to another. The start, after doing the same thing in school every day, not snapping talked for the first time in a long while with a hatred towards his new teacher and how he is a “bad clone” (Farmer 73). After Mattix version, he started to talk more more where kept learning more. This led to being mean to María and stealing her dog; which later dies and Matt is blamed for the death. Additionally, after El Patrón entered the hospital for being sick, Matt was being hunted down to go and help him. Sadly, Matt knew what this meant, that he was going to be used as parts to keep El Patrón alive. When Matt relieved this, he decided to run away with María, not to the “oasis”, but to “dadas hovercraft” so they can go an live at María’s forever (Farmer 218). Unfortunately, his plan fails and is captured. He is then told to be executed, but Tam Lin could never do that so he let Matt go. Matt arrived at an orphanage where he talked back to the keepers and was given the name “aristocrat”, then the other boys began to respect him saying he has more “nerve than a herd of bulls” (Farmer 275). Since his actions to talk back, Matt gained new friends

Matt is a middle class man who becomes obsessed with the need to get revenge on his son’s death. His son Frank is killed by a man named Richard. He is the husband and dads father of the women his son is in love with. This is what leads Matt into killing someone he wants pay back for his son death. Matt kills because he loves.

When Matt is finally needed for organs, he manages a narrow escape with the help of Tam Lin, but the danger isn't left behind in Opium. Near death awaits him at the border of Aztlan, luckily Matt is able to hop the border, and land right in the arms of the Keepers. Conformity was the key to surviving with the lost boys, but Matt did not conform easily. Had he been ignorant to the ways of the world –like the other lost boys- Matt would've been like a sheep following a shepherd. However, Matt was not a sheep, he had seen more of the world than the orphans could dream of, and could not be easily brainwashed. In the end, Matt's individualism caused a lot of trouble, almost killing the frail Fidelito and himself. If Matt had compromised his integrity, nobody would've been hurt. On the other hand,

Matt has always worried about what could happen to his children and protected them to the best of his abilities. He felt hopeless that there was nothing he could’ve done to prevent his son’s death. Matt knew there was a way to help Ruth feel better and she knew what his intentions were. He told Willis, “She knows I started carrying it after the first time she saw him in town. She knows it’s in case I see him, and there’s some kind of a situation—”. (Dubus 95). He started carrying the gun around to use against Richard if the opportunity ever came. The narrator states, “Each day he felt the same and when he was able to forget how he felt, when he was able to force himself not to feel that way, the eyes of his clerks and customers defeated him.” (Dubus 98). By this time, Matt’s id decided it was time to kill Richard. His plan was to kidnap him with Willis’ help, this is his ego making sure everything is right so he doesn’t get caught. Although, Matt had a lot of opportunities to kill him throughout the night, he didn’t. His superego made him hesitate until Richard tried to run

A long journey followed his escape that required much perseverance. Matt had to continue on even when he was tired because he didn’t know who was after him. He also had to climb an enormous cliff where he grew very tired, but then he decided to persevere. He no longer felt exhausted or discouraged or anything else except a towering fury to survive. (251) This taught Matt much perseverance which made him stronger than he was at the beginning of the story. Through Matt’s new-found patience he was able to escape Opium and make it to

Just as she achieves her objective, shooting Tom Chaney in a dramatic environment—highly lit and zoomed in on her gentle smirk of satisfaction—Mattie falls down a deep, dark pit in the ground, neglected of soft light and overwhelmed with hard spot-lighting. Out of the mysterious darkness, a snake lurks beneath Mattie and finds its way to her hand, where it proceeds to indict her immediate future to pain and suffering with a bite. She persists through her pain on the race back to the closest town, Fort Smith, to receive medical treatment which, eventually, culminates in a lost arm. Mattie sacrifices her own well being to see Tom Chaney’s death, revealing a degree of dedication to justice—achieved through great courage and true grit—unparalleled by any

The door to Detective Schatten’s office slammed open and banged hard against the wall before the intruder slammed it shut behind him. Heavy footsteps sounded before someone slapped a file down in front of Detective Schatten. He looked up and saw it no one but his partner.

The movie The Maltese Falcon is about a private investigator who is striving to unravel the mystery surrounding a black enamelled bird known as the Maltese Falcon. Samuel Spade, the protagonist of the story, is what was known as a “hard-boiled” detective. Men such as that rarely show a tender side (if they have one). Likewise, they are physically tough, frequently resorting to guns or fists to get what they want. In addition, they tend to be amoral, yet with an inflexible code of honour of their own.

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Matt is probably one of the most toughest characters I have read about. He is tough throughout his whole life, as a little kid, and a pre-teen, and as a full grown teenager. He is first put into a small little room as a child. The were very mean to him and they talked very poorly to him too. Sometimes they even forgot to give him food for the day. He is never let out of this room that is filthy. At one time he was treated just like an