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The Role of Marlowe’s Excessive Drinking Throughout the book “The Big Sleep” the character Marlowe is a detective working in Criminal Justice. This job seems to bring about a lot of stress to Marlowe, and in order to cope; he turns to drinking wh ....

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.... and alcohol helps him relax and get his mind off the job. Dealing with people and criminals constantly through out the day on the job can be stressful. Besides the fact that he must deal with Carmen’s craziness, as the author describes her to be. Marlowe at one moment states “I went to bed full of whiskey and frustration.” This shows us that he drinks to help deal with the frustration he goes through and whiskey helps him. Often times Marlowe drinks while working. Usually when socializing with someone. In a conversation with Eddie Mars Marlowe says “I made myself a drink and was drinking it when the phone rang.” In ....