The idea that people aren’t always who they seem to be is made apparent in pulp fiction stories and film noire movies. The idea that identity can vary, especially an individual’s identity was brought out in these fiction stories and movies.
It is very interesting why so many of the authors chose to have their setting of these stories in the west, specifically Los Angeles. When I think of the West and what I assume it represented in those days is a place of expansion. An area where there is room for growth, prosperity. A place where you make your own future, and are not held back to your past, not held to what your father or mother did for a living.
I also think that the west represented a negative side as well. A place room for corrupt government, corrupt politicians, corrupt law enforcement, and corrupt people in general. It is a place of high crime, where you had the extreme rich and the extreme poor.
Pulp fiction as I understand it is deals with shorter than novel length works of literature that often had the genres associated with mystery, detective and gangster. I would assume that this style of written work was magnetic to the west coast because a lot of mystery, detective and gangster related issues were going on in the west at that time. Especially if the west represent a place of high crime, corrupt people, and both extreme rich and poor.
The film noir as I understand it are really crime dramas that primarily take place in Hollywood. I think that these films take place in Hollywood because it is a perfect setting for them. As in the pulp fiction, much goes on in Hollywood. There are extreme rich, and the extreme poor, corruption and high crime. All these factors make for an excellent setting of a crime drama.
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