An Analysis of Red Harvest. This paper discusses the surrealistic world that Dashiell Hammett creates in his novel, Red Harvest, is a world in which it is difficult to know what or who to believe. It is a world in which the wisest of characters might heed the advice, "Don't believe anything that you hear, and only half of what you see". Throughout Hammett's book runs the fear that nothing can be taken at face value, and nothing is what it appears to be. This fear culminates in a suspicion not only of individual people but also of the social order itself. The streets of Personville can be likened to a stage on which gangsters masquerade as businessmen, capitalists contract with criminals, and no one can tell the difference between them. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 409 Analysis Red Harvest.doc Price: 35.80

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