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1. How does Chandler’s novel relate to its time and place (L.A. 1930s)? How does the setting help create atmosphere and a sense of realism? And, what comments
is the book making on social issues during that period? Give examples.

2. Explore the role of women in Chandler’s novel (Vivian, Carmen, Agnes, and Mona). How are these female characters depicted—victims, femme fatales, sex
objects, or something else? What kind of power do any of them have? Do any suffer from West’s disease? Explain and give examples.

3. What elements and devices make Chandler’s novel an example of hard boiled detective fiction? Give examples.

4. There are several symbols or motifs in the book (greenhouse, orchids, knight, stained glass, chessboard, oilfields, etc.). Explore what their point is in
the narrative, and give examples.

5. Explore the villains in the novel—Eddie Mars, Joe Brody, Arthur Gwynn Geiger, Carol Lundgren, and Harry Jones. What does the depiction of these criminals
say about corruption, crime, and deception in America? Give examples.

6. What kind of private eye is Philip Marlowe? How is he depicted in the novel? Explain why he is such an iconic character? Give examples.

7. Examine the novel’s style. What makes it realistic, minimalist, and direct. Explore the use of language, dialogue, slang, exposition, description, and any
other aspects that are relevant. Give examples.

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Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky was a Russian arranger of the Romantic period, conceived on May 7, 1840AM in Votkinsk, Russia. His works incorporate orchestras, concertos, dramas, ballet productions, ambiance music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. A portion of these are among the most well known dramatic music in the old style collection including the ballet productions Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He was the main Russian arranger whose music established a long term connection globally, which he reinforced with appearances as a visitor conductor later in his vocation in Europe and the United States. Tchaikovsky was respected in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and granted a lifetime annuity in the late 1880s.

Family

Tchaikovsky was destined to a genuinely well off working class family. His dad, named Ilya Tchaikovsky was a mining business official in Votkinsk. His father\’s predecessors were from Ukraine and Poland. His mom, named Aleksandra Assier, was of Russian and French family line. His dad, Ilya Petrovich (a double cross separated) wedded Alexandra and the two had two children, Pyotr and Modest.

Adolescence and Mother demise

Tchaikovsky began piano investigations at five and before long demonstrated wonderful blessings. He additionally learned

to understand French and German by the age of six. After a year, he was composing French refrains. The family employed a tutor, Fanny Dürbach, to oversee the kids, and she regularly alluded to Tchaikovsky as the \”porcelain child.\” Tchaikovsky was ultra delicate to music. He would whine around evening time that the music in his mind would not allow him to rest.

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Since the two guardians had moved on from establishments in Saint Petersburg, they chose to teach Tchaikovsky as they had themselves been instructed. The School of Jurisprudence primarily served the lesser respectability and would get ready Tchaikovsky for a vocation as a government worker. As the base age for acknowledgment was 12 and Tchaikovsky was just 10 at that point, he was required to go through two years boarding at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence\’s private academy, 1300 km from his family. When those two years had passed, Tchaikovsky moved to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence to start a seven-year course of studies. Tchaikovsky\’s division from his mom to go to live-in school caused a passionate injury that tormented him for an incredible duration.

On June 25, 1854, when he was 14 Tchaikovsky endured the stun of his mother\’s demise from cholera. His splitting from his mom was agonizing – an occasion that may have invigorated him to form. Tchaikovsky moaned about the loss of his mom for an amazing remainder, and conceded that it had \”a tremendous effect in transit things showed up for me”. He was influenced to the point that he couldn’t educate Fanny Dürbach, until two years sometime later.

Tchaikovsky\’s dad, who additionally got wiped out with cholera as of now however made a full recuperation, quickly sent the kid back to St. Petersburg school with the expectation that the class work would consume his psyche.

At 40 years old, roughly 26 years after his mother\’s demise, Tchaikovsky kept in touch with his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck \”Every snapshot of that shocking day is as striking to me just as it were yesterday.\” However, inside a month of his mother\’s passing he was putting forth his first genuine attempts at sythesis, a three step dance in her memory.

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