Why Does John Leamas Use Of Control

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First of all, John Le Carre with The Spy Who Came in from the Cold points that one of the price that democracies are willing to pay to protect their political freedoms with espionage is betrayal. Indeed, throughout the novel the readers can observe that Leamas’ eyes are opening on the idea that the Circus (The British Spy Agency) is ready to betray his agents for his own success. There are two principle scenes where the readers can acknowledge Leamas’ realization on this subject. The first one is when Leamas learns that he is a wanted man in England. Leamas deducted immediately that perhaps “Control had done it.” (93) Now, Leamas starts to understand that perhaps Control (at the head of the Circus) is playing with him a little bit too. Leamas

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