In the article “Notes on Film Noir,” the author Paul Shrader describes the femme fatale “as a frustrated and deviant, half predator, half prey, detached yet ensnared, she manipulative and is ready to trade shots with anyone”. With this statement, the reading does fit the film noir aspect. You read about a successful insurance salesman, Walter Huff, who happened to go out of his way to visit a client regarding renewing his policy. He then meets the wife, Phyllis Nirdlinger, a beautiful femme fatale, who will convince the insurance agent to commit her crime by murdering her husband in return she will promise him sex and money. The agent then fells for the femme fatale and agree to help her, knowing that he will risk losing his job. In the beginning of the story, you will read how Phyllis makes you believe that she is not an intelligent woman and does not know how to go by murdering her husband. You will also read how she, in her own way seduce Walter with her charm telling him that when they first meet she like how he went on talking about the insurance. With this manipulation, you will later read how she got Walter hooked. She is a good femme fatale, attractive and has a destructive effect on Walter.
I liked Bobbie's first blog entry. She writes in a very simple way. So, even if you are some one who did not take eng 101 class of Mr. Toth yet, you will understand what is the starting of the novel is about. She described the character of the insurance agent Walter and femme fatal Fyllis very well. Her description and the way of picturization of these two main characters of the novel Double Indemnity is simple and impressive. She tried to put the novel in a catagory of film noir and the job was successfully done. So far, it looks like she understands the characters and is being to able to demonstrate them to the reader very well. Good job!!
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