The Big Sleep | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Joe Brody - He is a small-time hood who was once involved with Carmen Sternwood. Her father paid him to stop seeing his daughter.

Lash Canino - He is a cold and ruthless hit man who wears brown clothes and a brown hat and drives a brown car.

Larry Cobb - He is a drunk and Vivian Regan's escort at the Cypress Club.

Captain Cronjager - He is described as a "a hatchet-faced man." He is angry with Marlowe for not reporting the murders earlier and the two of them argue.

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