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    The Hunt for Red October During the summer holidays I viewed an engaging video titled 'The hunt for Red October'. The film is based on a novel, written by Tom Clancy, which I am currently reading. Captain Marco Ramius is portrayed by the actor Sir. Sean Connery (who is known for numerous films including. James Bond and The Rock). The CIA writer, Dr. Jack Ryan, is portrayed by the actor Alec Baldwin. As the film begins the story line is suggested to be true, but denied

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    the communist slogan, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. In Russia prior to 1991, communism was the form of government and demanded complete subordination of self to the greater good of the collective. The Hunt for Red October shows a major contrast between Soviet and the American lifestyles. It was a fight between differences in political ideology; capitalism versus communism; liberty versus equality. It is the American belief in freedom that provides us the opportunity

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    The Hunt for Red October The book I chose to write about is The Hunt for Red October, written by Tom Clancy. The book is about the hunt for a new Soviet nuclear submarine called Red October. The settings of the story are Russia, America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The time is the early 1980’s. The main characters are Jack Ryan, an intelligent American CIA agent who lives in London, and Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, a Soviet submarine captain. Other characters in the book are Seaman Jones, a navy

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    The Hunt For Red October is a film directed by John McTiernan and produced by Mace Neufield and Jerry Sherlock. The movie is based on the novel of the same name, which was written by Tom Clancy. The film is about how CIA analyst Jack Ryan, played by Alec Baldwin, must prove that the rogue Soviet Naval Captain, Marko Ramius, played by Sean Connery, is not planning an attack on the United States and that his intentions are truly different. The film is set during the Cold War, in which tensions between

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    The Hunt for Red October: A Soviet nuclear submarine trying to defect to the United States must outmaneuver friend and foe in the depths of the Atlantic. The possibility of a world war is rarely out of mind. With the help of CIA analyst and former Marine officer Jack Ryan, the Soviet sub cruises to freedom. Red Storm Rising: A world war has been triggered by Moslem extremists who cripple USSR oil supplies. Soviet troops invade Western Europe, and the battle is joined on land, at sea, and in the air

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    Morality in The Hunt for Red October While hundreds, even thousands of excellent movies have been made over the years since motion pictures were invented, there are some movies that stand out among the best. There are various reasons for these standouts, sometimes incredible acting, sometimes impeccable story lines, but in many cases, it is the issues addressed by the movie. Most of the greatest movies contain commentaries or analyses of certain issues, be they moral, social, or otherwise.

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    Morality in The Hunt for Red October      While hundreds, even thousands of excellent movies have been made over the years since motion pictures were invented, there are some movies that stand out among the best. There are various reasons for these standouts, sometimes incredible acting, sometimes impeccable story lines, but in many cases, it is the issues addressed by the movie. Most of the greatest movies contain commentaries or analyses of certain issues, be they moral

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    While working at the insurance agency, he wrote “The Hunt for Red October”, the book that began it all. In 1984 he sold “The Hunt for Red October” for publishing to the Naval Institute Press, who was very impressed with his work, for $5,000. The Naval Institute Press editor who read through Toms work of the time, Deborah Grosvenor, later said that

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    Since the beginning of man, people have been fighting for what they want. Tom Clancy shows that through his main character, Marko Ramius, who was doing everything he could to save his crew from the grip of Communism. In Clancy’s novel The Hunt for Red October, Clancy depicts that what someone will do to fight for their freedom. Tom Clancy was born on April 12th 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. He and his parents, a mail carrier and a credit employee lived a normal life for all of Clancy's childhood

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    The author I chose to write about is Tom Clancy, some of his most famous books are, The Hunt for Red October, Rainbow six, and The Division. Ten of Clancy’s books earned No.1 rankings on the New York Times best-seller list. Early life Tom Clancy was born on April 12, 1947 to Thomas and Catherine Clancy in Baltimore, Maryland. He was second of the three children born to the couple. His mother worked in a store’s credit department, while his father was employed at the United States Postal Service.

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