Moment of realization

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He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him look at the works.

Dashiell Hammett

Black Mask

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Topic

Moment of realization Inflection points

Speaker

Brigid O'Shaughnessy

Author

Dashiell Hammett

Source

The Maltese Falcon Black Mask

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." Black Mask, Sept. 1929 - Jan. 1930. Serial.

Current Citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest. Everyman's Library, 2000, ch. 7.