Comparing quote from the article and the novel Double Indemnity

           The aspects in the beginning of Double Indemnity, a novel by James Cane matches with the genre of film noir in many ways. In the article, "Towards a Definition of Film Noir" the writers Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton state, "It is the presence of crime which gives film noir its most constant characteristic....sordidly or bizarrely, death always comes at the end of a tortured journey. In every sense of the word, a noir film is a film of death".
           The novel starts with an insurance agent Walter Huff, who goes to Mr. Nerdlinger's house and meets his young wife. The woman says the agent that she wants to buy an accident insurance for her husband without letting him know-at this point of the novel there is a plot of a murder is getting established and greed is another important issue here, which  is a very common and one of the main aspects of film noir. At the time of discussion, Walter notices the lady's blue pajama while she was walking and talking; and Walter starts imagining what would be the shape look under those pajamas and how it could make a man nuts. By discribing Walter's thought about the lady the author gives a clear indication of his next step- a possibility of starting an illicit relationship; and this also could be considered as a characteristic of film noir.
          At the second meeting, the extra marital relationship between Walter and Phyllis(Mrs. Nerdlinger) gets confirmed. As the story gets advanced, it is been more strong and obvious now that, out of greed, both Walter and Phyllis are plotting a cold blooded murder. Every time Phyllis comes to meet Walter, it is a rainy night- always gives a visuality of a process of a horrible crime. This is also another aspect of film noir.