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No figurative language

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-Characterizers often die before the closure point

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Short sentences

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perfectionist

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closure is bullshit
theme "you are fuckt"

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"run-of-the.mill coward"

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'Ed raised a fist'

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does not like Bud White
" He is shit"

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"White's a brutal disgrace of a policeman and a slimy, womanising son of a bitch"

Thinks he's the opposite

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"Bud broke his nose, his jaw, ruptured his spleen with a dropkick"

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Always searching for the killer of his mother

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Always searching for the killer of his mother

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Bud kept looking, kept waking to the sound of women screaming. He always investigated; it was always just wisps of noise.

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His reputation is "the toughest man in the LAPD"

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the toughest man in the LAPD grew

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Inez: "I want them hurt. I want them to suffer"
Ed Excley"No, It's wrong. This is a case that demands absolute justice

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Partner with Dick Stens who drinks too much

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Saw the killing of his mother

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Obsessed with finding the killer of his mother

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Does everything by the book

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Smokes "He lit a cigarette"

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Traumatized:

"He'd seen the killing: sixteen years old, helpless to stop it"

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Brutal:
"Bud banged the punk's head on the ceiling"

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Ellroy's style of writing (compared to Raymond Chandler)

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Ellroy's style of writing (compared to Raymond Chandler)