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The historical nonfiction book i read was titled “George Washington’s Secret Six” and it was written by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. The book talks about a group of spies known as the culper spy ring. The members of the culper spy ring are an excellent example of the ordinary people that risked their lives to create the world’s greatest nation. The members of the culper ring were not well known nor were they ever rewarded for their extreme courage but they played as important of a role as anyone in the founding of our nation. Washington knew as well as anyone that in order to win the war they would need to control the city of New York.
Nick Flynn spends a large majority of his memoir, The Ticking is the Bomb, reflecting on both the Abu Ghraib prison scandal of 2004-2005 and his impending fatherhood, seemingly placing two incompatible ideas side by side. At first glance, the memoir seems disjointed and causes the reader to question why Flynn would choose to write about parenthood alongside depictions of torture. Close examination of the text, however, reveals Flynn’s complex and nuanced worldview. Flynn finds torture to be reprehensible, and a significant portion of the memoir is devoted to coming to terms with the fact that he had shaken hands with known torture-advocate Sam Harris. Perhaps he does not wish to raise his daughter in a world where scandals like Abu Ghraib
The book, Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly by Andrew Cook, underscores the true definition of international espionage. The themes in the book have been clearly brought out through the use of once an actual spy, Sidney Reilly. His stories and supposed accomplishments, though likely exaggerated, have been wound into a mind exploding experience that features suspense at its best. The plot and narration, however, portrays somewhat realistic scenarios.
John le Carré’s novel “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” dives us into the life of Alec Leamas, a British spy during the Cold War era in Europe. The spy has one final mission to complete before he can finally “come in from the cold.” Leamas’ mission, given by Control, is to eliminate Hans-Dieter Mundt, the head of the Abteilung in Germany. What Leamas is not aware of is the many complications and inner battles he will run into and must overcome to reach his mission objective. Throughout the story, these complications will be seen in themes such as deception, seduction and abandonment, which are all involved in the plot and will be analyzed, as well as the recurrence of unkept promises by characters and agencies across the chapters of the book.
In the novel, Patriot Games, the author Tom Clancy introduces the reader to a diverse set of characters. While the Ryan’s are vacationing in London, Jack Ryan saves the Prince and Princess of Wales from an Irish terrorist group named Ulster Liberation Army (ULA) during a kidnapping attempt on the in broad daylight. Sean Miller, a ULA terrorist captured by Ryan but not killed, is convicted of a federal crime and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the royal driver. Later on, he is freed by ULA members while being taken to be incarcerated by ferry to prison. The ULA decides to go after Ryan and his family because they want to reduce American support for the rival Provisional Irish Republican Army.
All The Presidents Men by Carl Bernstein begins with what intitially appears to be a routine assignment for Bob Woodward, one he really didn’t want. Bob Woodward is a young reporter who has been with the post for just Nine months, ironically he doesn’t want the Watergate break in story because it seems to basic he is hungry for a story that is a little more interesting that what seems to just be a random robbery. Soon after this Woodward begins to make startling discoveries on the robbery. The burglars had broken into the Democratic headquarters with what appeared to be listening devices and one of the criminals is a former member of the C.I.A. and has close ties to president Nixon.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. There is a general feel and mood of suspense throughout the short story. This short story is about a man who wants to hunt animals for fun, but then Sanger Rainsford is hunted by General Zaroff on the ship, they slowly become prey as he hunts. In passage one it states” Somewhere, off in the blackness, someone had fired a gun three times (2,3)”. The suspense in this quote is that you don't know where the shot had come from, since it was dark out and was in “blackness”
Working Thesis:Connell combines helplessness and foreshadowing to sustain suspense in The Most Dangerous Game The feeling of helplessness throughout the book creates a suspenseful atmosphere. Rainsford falling out of the boat heaped a great deal of helplessness into the already suspenseful story. “The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean sea closed over his head” (15). In this section of the story the reader feels the desperation of Rainsford. The reader hopes the boat will turn around to rescue Rainsford, while deep inside they know the boat is gone.
The struggle of man versus nature long has dwelt on the consciousness of humanity. Is man an equal to his environment? Can the elements be conquered, or only endured? We constantly find ourselves facing these questions along with a myriad of others that cause us to think, where do we fit? These questions, crying for a response, are debated, studied, and portrayed in both Jack London’s “
Life is like a sports game. Some games you win, some you lose. In life, some days are full of conflict, and some are not. Rainsford faces man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus self conflicts in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. The first conflict is man versus nature.
The Most Dangerous Prey How far is the average person from becoming a savage killer? It is difficult to imagine the possibility of a normal person being able to make this transition. Society tends to think that the difference between an average person and a murderer is simply mental disorder. However, what if you were to discover that you yourself are capable of slipping into this darkness more easily than you’d think. The real deciding factor in whether or not a person makes this transition is whether or not they give into their primal instincts.
As you can tell from the title, something big happened at the Owl Creek Bridge, but you have to wait until the end of the story to find out the truth, or else you could be lost in someone’s daydream. The story had me intrigued by the different directions it could take you, but it all made sense in the end, and I discovered you sometimes have to dig a little deeper to find the whole truth about someone. Peyton Farquhar, a plantation owner in his mid-thirties, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War. Farquhar, a supporter of the Confederacy, learns from a soldier that Union troops have seized the Owl Creek railroad bridge and repaired it. The soldier suggests that Farquhar might be able to burn the bridge down if he can slip past its guards.
General Macarthur in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie isn’t as guilty as some of the other characters. General Macarthur’s crime was that he sent a man to war knowing that he was going to die, because he had an affair with Macarthur’s wife. I don’t think that Macarthur was completely innocent, but I don’t think he deserved to die. He was a general, which probably means that he helped the military, and helped protect his country.
Espionage (spying) during the Revolutionary War Espionage was a very interesting part of the Revolutionary War. Espionage was used on both sides. Espionage was important because without it they wouldn’t always be prepared.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a spy? Although at times it may sound fascinating, to have an intimidating job as such, could be quite overwhelming for some, but not for Edward Lee Howard, America’s Most Wanted Spy. The events that transpired as a result of Howard’s actions will leave many speechless. David Wise’s non-fictional book, The Spy Who Got Away, is one that has been widely publicized and read by numerous people as it contains several striking matters regarding national security. This true story recounts the actions of a disgruntled former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, and how in 1986 he became a traitor, making him the first agent to defect to the Soviet Union.