... movies began to appear in American cinema that were decidedly less optimistic. These movies, known as film noir, looked at the darker side of human nature and were marked by a distrustful, fatalistic view of the world. Despite their darkness, or probably because of it, they were fascinating and ... the foundation of our society had been permanently shaken by the conflict; no one could be trusted and no one was secure. America, in short, had lost whatever delusions of innocence it had ever had. Life was rough, and the classic film noirs reflected this. And in a ... free enterprise that a...

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... Big Three but the Big Four who were running the war" (Gene 118). However, Leper contacts Gene and tells him of his horrific stories about the war later in the story. He tells of gruesome stories about furniture turning into body parts, a woman's head on a man's body, a corporal approaching him with a leg in his hand. ... kills him. The themes towards war characterized through Finny are that innocence from an enemy can be fatal, in the case of his war with Gene, or short-lived, in the case of his World War II beliefs. Gene is the more mature side of the war; he accepts it and knows that ...

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