Jake is isolated, and as such has the power to root out causes and see things as they are, but it limits his power. Only an organized force like the police could take apart Cross's empire, but of course that force is constructed to defend Cross and others like him - to protect property. The small everyday justices are undermined by their selective worldview. Jake and Lou Escobar are set up as doubles and opposites. They worked together in Chinatown, are almost strange friends, but are vitally divergent.
RD Heath (on Chinatown)
New York Times
2002
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