brighton rock

Part 1, Chapter 1 summary

Hale - focaliser

Setting BR

Hale characterisation, feeling he is going to die

Meets Ida who is singing

Tries to find a lady to gain witness protection (fails)
Ends up with Ida, goes out with her, she needs the toilet and when she returns is gone

Part 2, Chapter 2

Pinkie - focaliser

First interpretation of the gang

discuss murder of Hale (just completed)

Restaurant - Spicer his fear

But they find a flaw with their plan → P goes back to Snow’s meets Rose who begins to seduce

Part 1, Chapter 3

Ida - focaliser

Ida becomes aware of Hale’s death in newspaper → suspicious

Begins to use her detective skills, goes to funeral, visits one of Hale’s acquaintances, visits Old Crow, consult a ouija board

Part 2, Chapter 1

Pinkie - Focaliser

P and S talking by pier

S expresses doubt on murder

Rose arrives → first date

P visits Brewer slashes his face

part 2, Chapter 2

Pinkie - focaliser

P goes Cosmopolitan

Leaves, stopped by policeman taken to station, tells him not to go against c

Part 3, Chapter 1

Ida is at snow’s with Phil, discovers Rose and tries to question her

Goes to police to ask questions but they refuse

Part 3, Chapter 2

Spicer - focaliser

S feels anxiety over murder, runs into former associate

Back at Frank’s Rose calls making him suspect she know something

Prepars to tell P he wants to leave mob

Part 3, Chapter 3

P - focaliser

P humiliated by how C speaks to him

Goes to Snows and they go to Peacehaven where she tells him I tries to speak to her

OTW back R identifies S in a photo

Part 3, Chapter 4

P - focaliser

P comes back to see S and S tells him about seeing Crab

P tells S he needs a holiday

P catches a leather jacket pulls the legs out

Calls C and asks them to kill S

Part 4, chapter 1

Pinkie - focaliser

Races

Setting

Memento Mori (inevitable death)

Gang attack P & S

P’s vunerability → Snow’s

Idea of marriage

Part 4, chapter 2

ida - focaliser

Ida goes to Snow’s to find Rose, tries to interrogate her

Part 4, Chapter 3

Pinkie - focaliser

P kills S

Prewitt → corruption

Goes to Snow’s find R, is being interogated with I

Mention marriage together

Part 5, Chapter 1

P - focaliser

P and D go for drinks

P tries to fit in chatting to a girl but chickens out (sylvie)

Part 5, Chapter 2

Cubitt and Dallow - focaliser

p wants to call the marriage off but is scared

Part 5, chapter 3

P - focaliser

They go to R’s place Nelson place → disgusting

Part 5, chapter 4

Ida - focaliser

Ida is the cosmonopolitian with Phil and has sex with him

Part 5, chapter 5

P - focaliser

P’s engagement, C is shocked P killed S, D promosies to stay by him

Part 5, Chapter 6

Ida - focaliser

Ida has sex with Corkery and muses she needs to talk to gang memeber

Part 6, chapter 1

Cubitt focaliser

C leaves gang for Mr colleoni

Chat with crab over drink and put good word in

Ida comes in and asks about P

Part 6, chapter 2

Pinkie focaliser

prewitt brings P & R to register for marriage

Go celebrate

Gramophone msg

Consumate marriage

Part 7, chapter 1

Rose focaliser

Ida tries again to abush Rose

Part 7, chapter 2

P finds out R chatting to Ida, suspecting shes turned on him → kill her

Part 7, chapter 3

P vistis Prewitt to leave country

Part 7, chapter 4

P focaliser

P worries R wants to have kids

Part 7, chapter 5

P focaliser

talks with Dallow about issues

Part 7, chapter 6

ida reflects her detective skills

Part 7, chapter 7

P and R go on double date, leave but P pressues her to committ

Part 7, chapter 8

Ida convinces D to turn by lying to him

Part 7, chapter 9

P dies

Part 7, chapter 10

Ida reflects on her success

Part 7, chapter 11

R goes to confession, devotion to P → gramophone