... by results" (page 13). Simplicity and focus are the key elements to being a successful spy. Their world needs to be reduced to black and white. As such, spies cannot afford to display nor have those emotions associated with normal humanity. Any display of compassion is a complication that may get them killed. In ... was sacrificing his emotions and humanity. Leamas placed complete and blind trust in Control in particular. This trust provided a permanent link to his humanity as well as the reason for his detachment. Leamas was adamant that there was no involvement between Mundt and the Bri...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... by results" (page 13). Simplicity and focus are the key elements to being a successful spy. Their world needs to be reduced to black and white. As such, spies cannot afford to display nor have those emotions associated with normal humanity. Any display of compassion is a complication that may get them killed. In ... was sacrificing his emotions and humanity. Leamas placed complete and blind trust in Control in particular. This trust provided a permanent link to his humanity as well as the reason for his detachment. Leamas was adamant that there was no involvement between Mundt and the Bri...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... his girls all the way up until the moment before his death. He opens his eye as if to peek at them to see what they are doing. This parting of their father is grotesque. The dying man opens one eye and only glares, watching the moves they are making. The daughters feel ... other; he would not allow it and they are not strong enough to go against him and speak up. He lay[s] there, purple, a dark, angry purple in the face, and never even look at them when they [ come] in. Then, as [ are] standing there, wondering what to do, he [ suddenly opens] one eye. Oh, what a ... fiercely at the dar...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... the mind. Whereas Billy Budd was clearly the noble sacrificed hero and Claggart was the vindictive villain, duty is just as noble as conscience and conscience is just as noble as duty. Melville sets up this conflict by placing a man with the intuition and innocence of a child, in the hands ... makes no distinction of either one being more correct. Therefore others observing him cannot tell the reason for his standing "erectly rigid". As Captain Vere lay dying "under the influence of that magical drug which mysteriously operates on the subtler element in man, he was heard to murmur words...

• Word Count: 1960
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... the mind. Whereas Billy Budd was clearly the noble sacrificed hero and Claggart was the vindictive villain, duty is just as noble as conscience and conscience is just as noble as duty. Melville sets up this conflict by placing a man with the intuition and innocence of a child, in the hands ... makes no distinction of either one being more correct. Therefore others observing him cannot tell the reason for his standing "erectly rigid". As Captain Vere lay dying "under the influence of that magical drug which mysteriously operates on the subtler element in man, he was heard to murmur words...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School