John Le Carré’s novel; The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; takes us through the last mission of the British Intelligence officer; Alec Leamas; as he tries to stop the deputy director of the East German Intelligence; Mundt. There are many twists and turns as the truth comes out about the mission and the real reason why Leamas was apart of the mission. Alec Leamas fails to separate his personal beliefs and his emotions from his job as a spy which leads to his downfall.
Alec Leamas efforts to separate his personal beliefs from his new character’s beliefs made him start to lose himself in the process. Leamas’ beliefs are different from his Service’s, but he still follows them anyways by creating a new identity for his mission. Leamas feels that
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When Control starts talking to Leamas about Mundt, Control says, “He is a very distasteful man. Ex- Hitler Youth and all that kind of thing. Not at all the intellectual kind of Communist. A practitioner of the cold war” (17). Leamas goes on to reply, “Like us” (17). Leamas knows that all the British Intelligence can think about is winning the Cold War, but Leamas is starting to give up on the war. His last agent was just killed and everybody thought he was “put on the shelf”. When he agrees to go on the last mission, it would be one of his downfalls since he knew personally he wasn’t ready to continue to stay in the “cold”. Then, he had to create a new identity to protect himself in the mission. However, he knew that he was losing himself by changing it. “Similarly Leamas, without relinquishing the power of invention, identified himself with what he had invented” (130)”. He was now a man who was always drunk and poor. “[...] Hence also the sight dragging of the feet, the aspect of personal neglect, the indifference to food, and an increasing reliance on alcohol and tobacco. When alone, he remained faithful to these habits. He would even exaggerate them a
In the historic fiction Projeckt 1065: a Novel of World War liI, by Alan Gratz, Michael O’Shaunessey is the son of a Irish ambassador in Germeny during World War ll. During the time there, Michael discovers that his dad is not just an ambassador, he is also a spy for the allies. As Michael finds out the truth, he is determine to help his parents on their mission. But Michael often gets really close to getting expose. There was a boy who was Michael’s friend, his dad is the director of a Nazi project called “projekt 1065.” After a couple more days, a British pilot crashed in Germeny, Michael quickly got him to safety. Hitler Youth were picking kids to the elite mission group. Michael wants to get in, but fails to. The pilot was captured for
The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson, written by Lois Simmie, is a hybrid book featuring a nonfiction storyline with a personal, albeit fabricated, flare which gives us a glimpse into what the interior dialogue of the individuals involved the novel might have felt. The essence in focus centres around John Wilson, sometimes referred to as Jack, and the double life which he opts to play. Throughout the plot of the novel, personalities clash and emotions formerly unseen rise to the surface. One action is used as a recurring theme anchoring all of the chapters and events together, that being deception. Betrayal and deception by the hands of John Wilson were shown towards the main individuals of the novel, namely Polly, Elizabeth, and Jessie.
In Cold Blood is the true story of a multiple murder that rocked the small town of Holcomb, Kansas and neighboring communities in 1959. It begins by introducing the reader to an ideal, all-American family, the Clutters; Herb (the father), Bonnie (the mother), Nancy (the teenage daughter), and Kenyon (the teenage son). The Clutters were prominent members of their community who gained admiration and respect for their neighborly demeanors.
“The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love and Murder” is studied as a historical non-fiction novel, in which Lois Simmie shows the reader the actions of a man who sets his life up in a series of lies and betrayal. Her purpose is clear, to intrigue the audience with a true story of the murder of Polly Wilson, which had not yet been heard. Though not a lot of people had ever heard of John Wilson, the first ever Saskatchewan RNWMP officer who was found guilty of a crime, being that he killed his wife, and hung to his death. She writes her novel that is not only entertaining to her audience but also serves the purpose of educating fellow Canadians about the true life events that followed John Wilson and his fellow RNWMP officers.
Doug Swieteck, from “Okay for Now”, by Gary D. Schmidt, lived a life in anger. At the beginning of the book, he was very hateful of everything. He had spent a long time in anger and disgust, trying to find a way in life. Near the beginning of the book, Joe Pepitone gave Doug his baseball cap and jacket in person, to Doug. But, Doug’s mean older brother took the cap and his dad took his jacket. That added to Doug’s anger even more. But, luckily he turned it around in the middle and end of the book. He ended being a lot happier and was able to control his emotions better.
Have you ever heard about the hippie who had to go to a Middle School after living on a remote farm in the novel Schooled by Gordon Korman? Well, Capricorn Anderson is a flower child who lives at Garland Farms until his grandmother, Rain, falls out of a plum tree, which changes this hippie’s life. Now, Cap has to go to a public middle school and live with Mrs.Donnelley, a social worker, which he is not prepared for.He is just a hippie with a soul of good, who is not prepared for physical fights, cursing, and even video games! He doesn’t understand this modern world; he’s as lost as a kit who couldn’t find her mother.
In Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the reader has the experience to understand what it was like to live in an insane asylum during the 1960’s. Kesey shows the reader the world within the asylum of Portland Oregon and all the relationships and social standings that happen within it. The three major characters’ groups, Nurse Ratched, the Black Boys, and McMurphy show how their level of power effects how they are treated in the asylum. Nurse Ratched is the head of the ward and controls everything that goes on in it, as she has the highest authority in the ward and sabotages the patients with her daily rules and rituals. These rituals include her servants, the Black Boys, doing anything she tells them to do with the patients.
Derek Vinyard is a character in the film American History X. He is a great example of an anti-hero. Before prison, Derek Vinyard character is really unlikeable and he is sickening. He was a true definition of a villain. He is a former neo-Nazi who organizes crimes to destroy families and humiliate people. He even treats his own family with disrespect, such as in a scene where he grabbed his sister by her hair and shoves food down her throat. Later he spent three years in jail for man slaughtering two black men. He shot one and the other, he brutally curb-stomped to death outside his house for trying to steal his truck. In prison, he becomes friendly with a black inmate and was rapped by members of the Aryan Brotherhood. Upon release from prison,
What is a Hero? In the Novel Mythology by Edith Hamilton it speaks of many Greek Gods and Goddesses, you get a clear outlook on many of the characters in the novel. Many of these gods fit some criteria on what a hero is. An Epic Hero is a character who is brave and takes risks to accomplish tasks not only for themselves but for the goodness of others. A Hero is someone who doesn't only do things to benefit themselves but benefits the people around them and goes on quests to establish their greatness. Who is also glorified by their community. In the Novel two characters by the name Theseus and Perseus meet many of these characteristics. Perseus is very brave and goes on a quest to capture an item that is very dangerous
Griffin explores Heinrich Himmler and the secrets that are hidden within him. Throughout his childhood Himmler’s secrets and thoughts were hidden, overshadowed by a mask or barrier formed by his upbringing and culture.
The Crucible was the turning point in literature and in history. It showed how people were convicted with only a minute amount of evidence. The only thing that would have caused a person to be convicted was if people went into hysterics. However, for someone to be accused of using witchcraft, someone else has to say he or she had seen them practicing it or they were the only person who could see it. The trials caused some of the characters to learn new attributes about themselves. Elizabeth Proctor is more reserved. John Proctor, on the other hand, is more prideful; whereas, Reverend Hale is more confident. These three characters go through their own personal journeys and uncover the person within them beneath the surface, which in turn broadcasts their true identity to the audience.
The Bunker Diary was a book about six random people put in a war bunker with minimal necessities, and they have to find a way to get out by trying to outsmart their captor, but if they failed they were harshly admonished so they were put in a perplexing dilemma. The main character, Linus who faced any altercation head on, and five other people had to stay organized by being intrepid. One of the many problems faced by these people is they had to keep their irate roommate’s temper from flaring, or they would be reprimanded by the captor. My favorite character was Linus, because whenever he tried to hoodwink the captor and failed, he would rectify things and atone his mistakes with the captor: he would also facilitate what was going on in the
When an environment of fear is presented to a group of people, you begin to see a shift in social structures. Secondly, you begin to see those effected becoming paranoid not only of those initiating the environment, but also of each other. This is expressed in The Spy, by Bertolt Brecht. In The Spy, a German family has just finished lunch. The mother and father began to speak of what is happening to the country, forgetting of their son’s presence in the room. Once the boy leaves, his parents become fearful that he has gone to report them to the Hitler youth. Upon his return, having gone to buy chocolate, the parents are still suspicious of the boy. This fear is brought on by the possibility of punishment from the government, which has caused
is the question that sticks with him as he realizes that nobody, not even him, understands who he really is. At some point in his life, identities are given to him, even as he is still trying to find himself. While in the Brotherhood, he was given a "new identity" which was "written on a slip of paper." (Ellison 309) He was told to "starting thinking of [himself] by that name.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. New York: Pocket Books, 2001.