Through Gorman's eyes, Kennedy is able to elicit sympathy for the criminal, transposing this sympathy into the context of America during the 1920s and 30s: excess, collapse, destitution, and analysis of right and wrong, good and evil.
Through Gorman's lens, Kennedy is able to evoke sympathy for the criminal, transferring this empathy into the context of America during the 1920s and 30s: a period characterized by excess, decline, poverty, and an examination of right and wrong, good and evil.