As it is told most noir tales are involve with detectives that is able to solve the crime or to uncover the truth like in the novel Double Indemnity by James M. Cain i found Mr. Keyes playing the role of the detective. Mr Keyes suited this role of a hard-boiled detective with his clever ways of figuring the case out without even having Phyllis and Mr. Huff snitch on each other. Even though Mr. Huff thought he knew the ropes behind the perfect murder Mr. keyes showed his dedication to being in the insurance company for so long, Mr. keyes knew when something wasn't right and he made sure to prove his point that it didn't just seem right "They had tired to insure him, without him knowing, that would have looked funny" (58). As Mr. Keyes pointed out that Phyllis the wife had put accident insurances without her husband knowing gave many suspicious to why it was looking more like a murder rather than suicide. This made Mr. keyes get involve with the case even more he was going to get down to the point that Mr. Nirdlinger was murder and it had to be someone close to him. " The beneficiary of such a policy, so far as im concerned is automatically under suspicion" (60). Even though Mr.huff try to get away what he thought was the perfect murder Mr.keyes prove he knew the policy and how many crooks couldn't fool the insurance company. Having Mr.Huff confess that he was the one to killed Mr.Nirdlinger showed that their was no way of fooling Mr. Keyes.
Chanel, I too think that Mr. Keyes played the role of detective in Cain's novel. He was passionate, intense, and driven to find and prove the truth. Little did he know that his colleague and student were at the center of the whole plot. His uncanny ability to see through every meticulous detail that Walter and Phyllis painstakingly practiced was amazing. He was two steps ahead to them the whole time, and followed his own sense of justice, willing to break the letter of the law in order to preserve its intent. He truly epitomized a noir detective.
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