Outside Reading: Hunt For Red October (6)

Hunt For Red October

Title: Hunt For Red October

Author: Tom Clancy

Genres: Novel/Action/Suspense

Percent read: 100/100

Summary:

 

Building on what I wrote in my fourth blog post this section begins with members of the American crew and the soviet crew on the October. Furthermore the GRU agent that was described in my 5th blog post is now fully conscious of what Ramius intends to do. Being a patriotic soviet himself the GRU agent attempts to destroy Red October. Ryan and Ramius attempt to stop him, however refusing to give up he ends up getting shot, however the GRU agent managed to kill the ship's navigator and seriously wound Ramius and the British officer.

 

Afterwards the crew proceeds to Norfolk where the October is supposed to be handed over to the Americans. However this is interrupted when Captain Tupolev, a Russian submarine captain and an old student of Ramius notices that the vessel he had thought to be trailing is actually the Red October. Tupolev starts to engage the October but is soon killed by the Red October. The October is now damaged after it was hit with a torpedo.

 

The story comes to a conclusion when the October arrives in Norfolk and the October’s crew is taken to a CIA safe house to begin their Americanization.

 

Throughout this section I noticed that as the story came to an end the bonds between the American crew and the Soviet crew became friendlier and that each crew was focused on a mutual goal, for the first time in the entire novel.

 

Response:

 

To me the section I read this time was the most exciting in the entire novel. In this section there was plenty of action and it was very suspenseful. All in all this section completely fulfilled my exceptions and I greatly enjoyed reading this section.

 

 

Quotation:

 

““It’s a free country, Captain,”” Ryan said softly. “It will take you some time to understand what free really means. The word is often misused, but in time you will see just how wise your decision was.””

 

This quote derived from 96% (kindle) really shows just how different the United States is from the Soviet Union. Furthermore it also shows the difference in mere lifestyle and perspective on life. As a reader I believe this quote really gives a context to how the Soviet crew views the perspective on freedom.