RED WIND

Red Wind

Red Wind

Chandler's major themes also deserve consideration. His close examination, in both short stories and novels, of society at large reveals a concern for humanity equal to that of Mark Twain. He wrote in almost every work of fiction about human behavior. True, his characters often came from the criminal element, but his works show that the criminal element (or at least the vices of that element) extends into all levels of society, that greed, pride, and violence have no basis in economic or social status. His revelation of Southern California of the 1930's to 1950's offers a view ...