Talk:The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)

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Title's meaning[edit]

I've always wondered (since I haven't yet seen the film): What does the title mean?

In the context of the film it means that if you escape your fate once, you'll get what's coming to you the second time around. Jfpierce 04:06, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

YES, it needs it's own article.Vivaverdi 18:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two car wrecks?[edit]

At least in the remake, aren't there two car wrecks? I seem to remember Nick recovering and congratulating them in front of his Greek friends for saving his life. That wasn't for getting him out of the bathtub in time, was it? (I've only seen the remake twice, and the last time was nine years ago.) Rlquall 17:53, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. The summary of the plot misses an important element, which is clear to me even though I haven't read the book in many years. Frank kills Nick -- & succeeds in making the crime look like an accident; however, when Cora is killed in an accident, Nick is arrested, tried & about to be executed for a crime that he did not commit. The theme of fate vs. free will also issignificant in this book: at one point Frank rejects Cora's plot to kill Nick & runs away -- only to lose all of his cash gambling at a truck stop, & finds himself returning to the diner where he acquiesces to Cora's murderous plot. Emphasize these plot details, remember that this book was written at a time when it was believed an appropriate punishment would always come to every criminal and the title becomes quite obvious: one might duck the first delivery fate has scheduled, but there will always be a second attempt to deliver. -- llywrch 19:32, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot summary[edit]

Fair summary but maybe it misses a couple of salient points? While Cora is away at her mother’s deathbed, the rat-like Frank seizes the opportunity to start an affair with another woman. And though Cora and Frank escape justice for Nick’s murder, they are then blackmailed over the confession.

--Hors-la-loi 10:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hors-la-loi (talk • contribs)