Double Indemnity | Characters
Huff is the governing consciousness of the novel. All events are seen through his eyes, and the only opinions and judgments rendered are his. He is not in this sense a reliable narrator, for his description of each incident is tainted by his own prejudices. Like all the characters in Double Indemnity, Huff is motivated by self-aggrandizement, trying to outsmart everyone else. Huff introduces himself as an ordinary working man who is attracted to a married woman — a common human frailty. Because of his dissatisfaction with life and his belief that he is smarter than most other...
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