Describe lake Gittes, the private investigator, and what kind of man he is.
What are Jake’s good qualities? What are Jake’s bad qualities?
In I998. the American Film Institute judged Chinatown. directed by Roman Polanski
(1933- ). to be the nineteenth-greatest American movie ever made. (Dr. Thomp-
son would rank it even higher.) In your opinion, what makes Chinatown such a great
film?
Your goal is to write an interesting. original, multi-paragraph essay
Your essay needs to be – pages long. Use white loose-leaf notebook paper
and blue or black ink. Skip every other line. and do not write on the back. Be sure to
spell the names correctly-J AKE GITIES (private investigator)
Hollis Mulwray (chief engineer)
Evelyn Mulwray (Mr. Mulwray’s widow)
Noah Cross (Mrs. Mulwray’s father)
Lt. Lou Esoobar
Detective Loach
Russ Yelburton (deputy chief of the dept.)
Ida Sessions (“working girl” and imposter)
Katherine
