M's human/soft/sentimental side
gen'l S, Silver Wig, his room, Harry Jones
Ending w/what kind of worldview?
--life goes on the same way, Silver Wig gone forever, Eddie Mars not gone forever
--corruption is not gone
How many mysteries are there in the story?
#Rusty Regan
#Sternwood blackmail
Ending of the novel
*corruption still exists
*really bad guys still exist (ex for Canino)
*Carmen isn't dead
*Rusty Regan is (bad)
*Silver Wig is gone forever
*Captain Gregory is still (only) "reasonably honest"
*Maybe Gen'l S doesn't have to know (about Rusty, about Carmen)
*M still has his license
*Geiger dead (good)
