Sarah Pike “Does Greene raise his characters from mere functions in a ‘detective’ novel to characters whose motivations are believable?” Use two characters to illustrate your argument. Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene, is a book based in 1930’s underworld Brighton. The novel is based on the tale of Pinky, a teenage gangster, and his conflict against an amateur detective, Ida, who is intent on bringing Pinky to justice. In many ways Brighton Rock can be …showed first 75 words of 724 total…

…showed last 75 words of 724 total…his mob because Pinky is still a child. Pinky must also feel intimidated by the image Colleoni portrays of the typical rich, Italian gangster type. “…His old Italianate face showed few emotions but a mild amusement, a mild friendliness; but suddenly sitting there in the rich Victorian room, with the gold lighter in his pocket and the cigar case on his lap, he looked as a man might look who owned the whole world…” p.66