Two Worlds Apart

The stories in Los Angeles noir, are located in two very different settings. The Kidnapper Bell, Los Angeles River, written by Jim pascoe, definitely gives an accurate description of the area. The way the Los Angeles river is shallow going into downtown on its way to the ocean.(209) The description of the walk past the buildings, which look like old warehouses or abandoned buildings. The flat edge of the riverbed, several feet away from the small swash of water tracing the center of the channel. (213) How you can here the water flowing and churning fast. (215) I could picture myself there on the scene. Very descriptive.

City of Commerce, Commerce, written by Neal Pollack did a very good job as well at describing the location. The freeways you needed to connect to get to the location. The once location full of factories that made things, was now like anywhere else, it's the outlet malls and truck-stop Arby's, pathetic little trees dwarfed by ten-foot freeway sound walls. (231-232) The description of the wanna be Vegas casino. I could feel myself driving down the freeways both familiar to me. These two locations are both in Los Angeles county, but they are worlds apart.