How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Good-bye, copper, and wish me luck. I got a raw deal."
"Like hell you did," I said, and walked away across the street to my own car. (27.7-8)
This exchange between Agnes and Marlowe shows two completely opposite viewpoints on justice: Agnes thinks she's the one who got the short end of the stick, whereas Marlowe knows that Harry gave up his life protecting Agnes. True justice is never met since no one gets punished for murdering Harry.
Quote #8
Three men dead, Geiger, Brody, and Harry Jones, and the woman went riding off in the rain with my two hundred in her bag and not a mark on her. (27.9)
Typical Marlowe. His cynicism shines through here as he contemplates the lack of justice in a world where three men were dead, but the woman who knew all three men escapes unharmed.
Quote #9
"Once outside the law you're all the way outside." (28.49)
Marlowe says this about Eddie Mars in his conversation with Mona. Marlowe despises Mars' dishonesty, but we want to play devil's advocate here. If Marlowe suggests that once you work outside of the law, you've become corrupt, then what about his own job? Marlowe isn't exactly scrupulous about following all the rules when it comes to the law, so how do we explain the fact that Marlowe's work outside of the law is still just?