I think sentimentality makes the hard-boiled character
interesting. It's the wild card, creating war within the
character, the two sides duking it out. With that recipe,
anything can happen. How interesting would Marlowe be if he
never wrestled with his (sometimes downright mushy) emotions?
A character who stays the hard-boiled course without
temptation runs the risk (for the reader) of becoming
predictable. my 2cents.
Brad
<< Being hard-boiled means being boiled hard -- all the
way through to the
> core; having no soft center. I think one is
hard-boiled in one's soul,
that
> it doesn't matter where he lives, where he goes, who
he hangs out with or
> how he talks. >>
>
> so by this definition, is there any room for
sentimentality?
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