Not to turn this into a theological debate, but free will is
the whole point of the Adam and Eve story. God said don't eat
the fruit and they ate it anyway. Sent via BlackBerry by
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-----Original Message----- From: Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:00:59 To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Types
of noir (was Re: Pop. 1280)
John Lau wrote:
if the concept of Original Sin (you are born
damned)
isn't noir, I don't know what is
*****************
Although it is belaboring the obvious, it is
worth
noting that most noir protagonists are quite
capable
of screwing themselves without God's assistance.
The doom of most noir protagonists is brought
about
through immoral behavior. I guess we could deny
free
will and swim in those murky metaphysical waters,
but
for the most part that is not what noir is about.
I
believe that the protagonists of The Postman
Always
Rings Twice, Thieves Like Us, and Nightmare Alley
made
choices. I am not denying that some characters
have
little choice, driven by internal (Lou Ford in
The
Killer Inside Me) and external forces (Stephen
Crane's
Maggie) greater than they can control, but even
these
novels involve a covert theme of free will on the
part
of the reader.
miker
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