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Conclusion:

The ending of The Big Sleep doesn't have the same wow factor of a Sherlock Holmes novel,
where Holmes ties together all the loose threads in a virtuoso display of intellectual superiority
over his adversaries. Chandler also didn't want to have perfectly rational explanations for human
behavior because in real life nothing is tied up neatly with a big pretty bow. He knew it very well
that life is messy and sometimes things are unexplainable. Towards the end of the novel we find
that Marlowe has solved most of the cases- he figures out who killed Rusty and how his murder
was covered up. But in many ways the ending of the novel leaves things unresolved and open-
ended. Mars doesn't get any prison time, even though he was behind many of the murders and
crimes. The secret of the Sternwood family won't be made public, and Carmen will (in theory) be
cured, not punished. Vivian also won't have to pay for covering up the truth. And the General
may have been spared the painful knowledge of Regan's murder, but he'll also die without ever
learning the truth. As a detective Marlow does his best to act as a modern-day knight, he can be
considered as successful in his quest for truth. He's able to solve some mysteries and partially
expose certain crimes, but he ultimately realizes how little control he actually has over things. In
the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, Marlowe must resign himself to the fact that the immoral
standards of modern society will remain and he is helpless to bring a radical change in the
society.

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