Friday, December 27, 2013

Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly Characterization Part 3

Velda is the supporting character of the book. She is best known as Mike Hammer’s fiancé and secretary. She is described as having dark hair and being very beautiful. She loves Mike very much, and she is very helpful. She often helps Mike out with his cases, gathering evidence and trailing people.
I would she is loyal. She always is helpful and sticks by Mike, no matter what kind of scrape he gets into. She is also a faithful employee, and she always makes sure to do her task. She gathers a lot of information for Mike, even if it means getting kidnapped doing so. She also tails suspects to find out more about them. She also shows loyalty by staying next to Mike when he is in the hospital for 3 days.
The second supporting character is a woman named Michael Friday. She is the kind sister of semi-antagonist Carl Evello, who was involved with the mafia. She is oblivious to her brother being evil, and sticks up for him often until Mike shows her evidence he is a mafia man. This shows she is loyal and loving of her brother.
She is described as having light brown hair and being tall and pretty. She helps Mike a lot, giving him leads on certain people he asks about. She breaks into her brother’s safe and finds the paperwork needed to prove he is guilty. Mike warns her that people like her brother often end up dead, and at first she takes it harshly.
There finally comes a time where she has to make a choice: her brother or doing the right thing. She chooses the right thing and tells Mike she is sorry and that now she knows. This leads to Mike getting struck over the head and getting kidnapped, but he breaks free and kills Evello.
Would I want Velda as a friend? Probably not. There is nothing really wrong with her, but I don’t tend to hang with people like her. I think her best quality is her loyalty. While I DO look for loyalty in a friend, I also look for a sense of humor, which she doesn’t seem to have. She seems to be more the love interest/pretty face of the story more than anything else.
As for Michael Friday, while she is a supporting character she is only briefly mentioned so I couldn’t tell you much more than what I already did about her. I think that she knew deep down from the beginning that her brother was mixed up in something, but didn’t want to believe it. So instead she got angry and went looking for evidence- and then was FORCED to face the truth.
And this wraps up my character paper! The book was an excellent read. Thank you for giving me the project, Dad.


Maddie

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