Sad story

This film starts off showing a world of Marlowe the main character as a sad man. It shows a man who is putting food into another can for his cat so that his cat will be able to feel ok, and not be able to recognize that that it isn't the food that he wants. This shows how he has lost it with reality. People don't go to that length to treat animals. As shown when he asks the worker at the supermarket about the cat food. The worker was asked by Marlowe which cat food is a certain specific type of brand. The worker essentially said they are all the same. In the beginning the movie plays a song that says, "you're letting go". This tells the tone of the movie. I noticed this same tone in the beginning of the big sleep. Marlowe is nonchalant when meeting the general after his encounter with his daughter. This real relaxed look on life isn't as relaxed as it seems. He is continuing to be on his directional path the same way Phil from The Long Good Bye.