13 The Emperors Gift Maltese Falcon Upon arriving at Gutmans Spade turns over Wilmers guns to Gutman Gutman is impressed Gutman tells the history of the bird to Spade ID: 243993
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Chapter 13The Emperor’s Gift
Maltese FalconSlide2
Upon arriving at Gutman’s, Spade turns over Wilmer’s guns to
Gutman. Gutman is impressed.
Gutman
tells the history of the bird to Spade.The recent history involves Charilos Konstantinides finding the bird and the bird eventually winding up in the house of General Kemidov before being stolen by Thursby and Brigid.While discussing how much the bird is worth and how Spade will give it Gutman, Spade passes out from being drugged.
An OverviewSlide3
Sam Spade gets played by Gutman by being drugged and revealing that
Brigid has the statueThe
tail –
gets revenge on Spade by kicking him in the face while he is passed out.Casper Gutman – Once again proves to be a worthy adversary to Spade. Gutman gets information out of Spade and then drugs him leaving him behind.Key Characters in this chapterSlide4
Impact characterGutman–
Gets the best of Spade this time by drugging himMemorable line(s) – “There’s no telling how high it could go, sir, and that’s the one and only truth about it.”
Gutman
This demonstrates the mystery and intrigue about the bird. It also shows the motivation for possessing it.Burning question(s) – Why drug Spade? Where did Gutman and Wilmer go after they left Spade? Impact character, line, burning questionSlide5
Indulgent p. 124 – having a tendency to be overly leneint or generous with something or someone.
“Gutman smiled indulgently.”
One of the few things Mr. Manning spends indulgently on is work out equipment.
Complacent p. 124 – satisfied, happy, content“The fat man smiled complacently.”Mr. Manning told his team not to be complacent just because they won the game. They had to continue to work to get better.Jovial p. 127 marked by good cheer, happiness, jolliness“Belong?” the fat man said jovially.Mr. Manning is much more jovial outside of school than you might imagine.Muddy p. 130 – dull, obscure, cloudyA sharp frightened gleam awoke in his eyes – and was smothered by the deepening muddiness.Mr. Manning muddied the lesson by telling stories that had nothing to do with the lesson.
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