Red Wind is a story written by Raymond Chandler during the 1900’s. It is a story about mystery and murder, and very interesting. Chandler does a great job at telling the story little by little and allows the story to unfold by itself. The stories tone is an exiting tone and the way that Chandler begins telling the story allows the readers attention to be caught. Chandler presents the main character Damas as a private investigator that happens to witness a murder while having a drink. He is presented as a smart man that shows sensitivity to others. He is a man that shows tremendous courage and someone that in reality takes risks to find out the truth. Throughout the story, we find out that the man that got killed was Waldo. He was killed by a man named Al Tessilore. However, Damas doesn't know this in the beginning and he comes to find this information by investigating a case that he could have left to the law. However, his nature does not allow him to leave the case to the law and goes his own way to investigate this. Throughout his investigation he meets important figures such as Lola, the woman that was supposed to meet Waldo. He also meets Al but not in the most appropriate way. Al was a violent man that showed up at Damas apartment in order to kill Damas, because he wanted to leave no witnesses. However, it is interesting to note that Damas was helped by Lola. She escapes and Damas does well in calling Copernik, the investigator in charge of Waldo’s murder case. Damas presents Copernik with the murderer, in this case Mr Tessilore, but he also fills Copernik with some lies in order to protect Lola, showing that he was a compassionate being. Eventually, Damas does more investigating, finds out who Waldo, Al, and Mr Frank are and what their involvement with Lola is.
Even though the story is very interesting, what interests me the most was Damas character. Like I mentioned in the beginning, Damas was a man that displayed courage and sensitivity. Damas showed courage in various occasions throughout the story. For example, when the murder left, he was the first to go after him and take the license plate numbers. He investigated Lola, Miss Kolchenko, and Mr Frank. He encountered death when Mr Tessilore threatened him and during all these events, there is no sign that Damas ever carried a weapon or a friend with him. It shows tremendous courage to go after a murder, especially when we consider that Damas was not acquainted with any of the subjects that he dealed with.
Damas also showed sensitivity during the story. He did his best to cover up Lola since she had saved his life. He wasn't going to take this act for granted, and actually helped her out in may ways. From investigating who she was to searching an apartment for her, he did everything possible to help her out, showing that he appreciated what she had done for him. However, Lola was not the only one that was helped by Damas. His compassionate and helpful spirit helped other people such as Miss Kolchenko and Mr Frank, even though he did acquire money from the latter. In fact, he helped all of these people out that he eventually acquired a deal from Mr Copernik and Mr Ybarra that these subjects would not be mentioned.
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