Maltese Falcon Essay Outline

T – In the novel Maltese Falcon, the author Dashiel Hammet uses the charecters greed and self-mindedness as a means to further progress the story.


R – Sam spades greed

E - Financially hes willing to sell his services to the person who offers him the most money even taking on both Joel Cairo and Brigid O'Shaughnessy as clients, even though their interests conflict with eachother

E - (insert quote, “five thousand dollars…”) explain how greed is taking over spade


R – Gutmans greed

E - He only seems aware of the existence of his daughter when hes able to use her to distract Spade from getting the falcon before and he is even willing to put Rhea in legal and even physical danger without thinking about it

E - As Gutman explains to Wilmer, after offering to make him the "fall-guy" for the police: "I couldn't be any fonder of you if you were my own son; but — well, by Gad! — if you lose a son it's possible to get another — and there's only one Maltese falcon."


R - Joel Cairo, Brigid O'Shaughnessys greed

E they all seem to be focused on the wealth that is to come with the retrieval of the Maltese falcon but only if it doesn’t cause punishment or harm to themselves (explain then insert quote from text support)

E – (insert quote from convo between cairo, brigid and spade) chapter 7

C - restate thesis, sum up key points with the main charecters