How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
No excited neighbors hung out of doorways. A small gun had gone off and broken a pane of glass, but noises like that don't mean much any more. (15.30)
Violence has become so commonplace that people no longer notice when they hear a gunshot. Yikes. No wonder Marlowe's fighting a losing battle.
Quote #5
He wanted to fight. He shot at me like a plane from a catapult, reaching for my knees in a diving tackle. I sidestepped and reached for his neck and took it into a chancery. (17.16)
Marlowe gets into a pretty violent fistfight here with Carol Lundgren. This is only one of many examples of Chandler resorting to violence, but it's one of the most graphic.
Quote #6
It was a nice write-up. It gave the impression that Geiger had been killed the night before, that Brody had been killed about an hour later, and that Captain Cronjager had solved both murders while lighting a cigarette. The suicide of Taylor made Page One of Section II. (19.38)
If violence is a symptom of the depravity of modern society, what's even worse is the covering up of violent crimes. Marlowe is disgusted when he realizes that all the newspapers have reported Brody's and Geiger's deaths inaccurately, and he knows it's possible that the newspapers have been bought off.