Chandler

friends, the “jokester” is Chandler Bing, played by actor Matthew Perry. Chandler was born in 1968, making him 26 in the pilot episode and 36 in the show’s finale. He is the son of erotic novelist Nora Tyler Bing and cross-dressing burlesque star Charles “Helena Handbasket” Bing. Some of Chandler’s most defining character traits include; sarcastic, commitment-fearing,

Today represented a big day for Chandler: he had planned coming out to his best friend – and roommate. This was something that had been weighing him down for years now. He wanted to be completely honest vis-à-vis the feelings he harbored. Although he dreaded Joey's reaction, he thought he ought to tell him. The previous day, Chandler had simply told Joey he wanted to talk to him. He hadn't mentioned what their conversation would be about, but it was enough for Joey, so he didn't question him further

them. “ Eeeh, look at me, Joe, ” he asked, keeping his voice down. Joey liked it when Chandler did that. It made his voice sound softer. His eyes filled with tears when he realized this might be the last time Chandler talked to him that way. Or talked to him at all. Joey looked down at him. “ I don't know what upset you like that, but I'm here for you. I'm not going anywhere, ” he smiled softly. Chandler then stood, letting go of Joey's hands, and sat on the bed, his back against the bedhead

Chandler had once again broken up with Janice. This time, he told himself it would be the last time. Three breakups with the same person was enough. But as he lay/laid on his bed, sobbing, he remembered why he kept going back with/to her. She was the only who loved him. His heart tightened in his chest as he realized it. No one else was going to love him. She was his only hope left at love, but he kept pushing her away. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Joey walked in his room and laying/lying

men argued that working women were stealing jobs from men, they were opportunistic and un-American. Women faced contentious challengers who felt women’s talents were best suited in the home. Throughout the novel many characters are introduced by Chandler through detailed descriptions and there is a significant difference between the ways men are women are portrayed. When describing women he tends to use language with a more objective tone and negative connotation.

In Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, detective Philip Marlowe is hired by the Sternwood family to deal with a blackmailer. Later, Marlowe’s case twists into a more complex assignment involving murders, pornography, missing persons and unknown culprits. Throughout the story, Marlowe encounters several characters that play a role in the case. Two sisters, named Vivian and Carmen, and their father, the General, make up the last of the wealthy Sternwood family. The general explains to Marlowe, that Rusty

states, “I get them the way they happen, not the way you read them in the papers,” (Chandler 131) even further showing how stories are changed by the police for their benefit and the truth is hidden from the papers, and therefore from the public.  The... Unique writing style is definitely an essential element in any piece of writing, and Raymond Chandler uses his style efficiently in The Big Sleep. Chandler 's style is one that seems to come easily to him and it also seems very natural to the

cycle of corruption within the society, where if one had money, they could pay the money to the ‘right’ people who were in need of it to find a way that the wealthy could get away with their crimes, which was exactly what others were chasing. Raymond Chandler challenges and reflects upon these beliefs in his novel, “The Big Sleep”. In a society where greed is developed in

Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled detective novel, The Big Sleep is a story of murder mysteries, revelations, blackmailing and lies that the private detective Philip Marlowe gets caught up in. Marlowe is a private detective who is hired by the millionaire General Sternwood to tackle a blackmail attempt on his one of the two wild daughters, Carmen Sternwood by a man named Arthur Geiger. Arthur Geiger is a bookseller; therefore, Marlowe begins to investigate about his bookstore. Consequently, he meets

The Big Sleep (Chandler, 1939) and Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009) are examples of crime fiction, a genre based on the concept of a detective solving a crime to meet a just end. The crime fiction genre developed its own sub-genres in response to the changing needs of societies, which allowed its language features to position the audience and instil beliefs upon them. Crime fiction has the ability to privilege different sections of society, and is able to display a discourse relating to prominent