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Outside Reading Part Dos

In the section of The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum that I just read, the plot thickens as Bourne continues his adventure to find his wife. Bourne is now hunting for a mysterious imposter of himself. This imposter has taken on the role of the killer that Webb wanted to forget. After confronting Yao Ming, the captor of his wife, Bourne learns that his only hope of getting her back is if he finds and captures his imposter, "'Bring him to me Jason Bourne!' The banker breathed deeply, then added quietly, 'Then, and only then, will you be reunited with your wife'" (Ludlum 161). Ming wants this mysterious copy cat brought to justice so that he may continue with his rather sketchy buisness plans that the imposter has been disrupting. Unknown to Bourne however, Ming is actually an american government agent. Bourne is being secretly employed by the american government yet again to save the world from an unknown threat. Through out this conflict, not only is Bourne learning more about how to save Marie but he is also learning more about his two different identities, David Webb and Jason Bourne. He realizes that even though Webb is who he truley is and wants to be, he must become Bourne in order to save his wife Marie.
One of the characters who develops a lot in this section is Marie. Marie really grows in this section because we are able to see her struggle of living in the captivity of the government. We are able to see how smart Marie really is like when she tricks everyone into thinking she is mentaly ill, "'I've ordered a CAT scan in the morning,' Oh, you're doing exactley what I wanted you to do" ( Ludlum 172). Everyone including her captives is expecting Marie to be an innoccent, fragile girl who can't fend for herself when in reality she is very strong of character and has been planning her escape for quite some time. Marie does eventually escape and is on the run at the end of this section, something the frail girl that everyone thought she was couldn't do.

Outside reading sectin one

For my outside reading book this quarter I'm reading The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum. One of the obvious main characters of this book is Jason Bourne. Jason Bourne is a secret identity for the real man David Web. Bourne is motivated in this book by his love for his wife Marie. Marie was kidnapped in the beggining of the book and Bourne will do anything to get her back including follow her trail to Asia, "'It's done,' said the diplomat' He's on the plane to Kowloon" (Ludlum 111). Nothing will stop Bourne from getting his wife back. Another character is Alexander Conklin. Conklin is now a retired CIA agent who now seems to drown himself in boose to forget his past mistakes. Conklin is confronted by Bourne and Bourne convinces him to help him in his quest. Conklin is motivated by his guilt, wanting to repay for his past prejudice against Bourne. These are the two main characters so far but many more will surley develop in the near future.
The major conflict in this book is that Marie is kidnapped and Bourne must save her. Bourne first finds out about Maries disapearence when returning home from his teaching job one day, "Then he saw it. a note lying on the pillow on her side of the bed" (58). This note said that they had taken Marie but were very vauge about what they had done. Bourne praying that Marie is still alive follows the trail to Asia with the help of his old enemy, Conklin. Bourne is now hot on the trail of an arms dealer that he believes might be in contact with the kidnappers. The arms dealer may be Bourne's only hope. Not only does this adventure help him find Maire but it helps Bourne discover more about himself. Because of the amnesia that Bourne sufferd he has trouble remebering his past but as he travels to Asia, images of his past reappear in his head. This adventure will definatley help uncover Bourne's mysterious past.
This novel so far is similar to Extremley Loud and Incredibly Close becuase both of these have similar topics. In both novels the main character is trying to find the one that they love the most, eather their father like in Extremley or thier wife like in The Bourne Supremacy. Both main characters are also looking to discover more about themselves. Oskar from Exremley is looking to discover more about how he can survive the loss of his dad while Bourne is looking to remeber his past that he lost during the amnesia he suffered about a year ago. Basicly both characters have the same basic goals, Bourne's adventure is just more action packed.

Why a Memoir?

I think that people write memoirs to express their feelings. Similar to a painting, a memoir is what the artist or author is feeling. When someone writes a memoir its becuase the have something inside them that they want to tell the world or maybe just someone that they're writing the memoir for. A memoir is a way for people to express themselves.
I think that the power of a memoir comes from the emotion that it's created from. If you're writing a memoir to express what you feel you're memoir will portray that feeling and will make it a stronger piece of writing. Memoirs are also made stronger because they are much more realistic and often times more descriptive because the event actually took place. A lot of writing will be filled with passages where the reader will think that can never happen, but in memoirs the event actually took place so the reader can relate a lot better. Basicly a memoir is a pure form of writing that lets an author express themself in whatever way they want.

What does Richard "hunger" for?

When the question what does Richard "hunger" for is asked the obvious thing that pops into my mind is food. Richard's family is very poor so they are in a constant struggle for enough money to feed everyone. Being a very poor family Richard is always hungry so it makes sense that food is something he is "hungry" for.
Digging deeper into the true meaning of the question though, i think that Richard hungers for freedom. Richard is forced to live in many unfortunate places like a foster home or his grandma's extremley religious house, both of which Richard wants nothing more than to gain the freedom to leave as is represented when Richard runs away from the foster home. Richard doesnt think that it's fair to have to go to a religious school taught by his aunt that he doesnt get along with and wants the freedom to go to the school that he wants. Richard also wants the freedom to work on saturdays, something that all the other kids can do but because of his grandma's strict rule Richard isn't allowed to. Richard eventually does diffy his grandma much to her dismay and takes a job finally reaching a certain level of his freedom.

Is Richard a "bad boy?"

Personally I don't think that Richard is a bad boy, but rather he becomes a bad boy because of his environment. I do think that its not his fault that he does the majority of the bad things he does like when he goes and drinks at the saloon (21). However, some of the things that Richard does shouldn't be blamed on his environment like when he kills the kitten (11). I think that once he commits an act so bad as to kill someone or something innocent he has crossed the line from a bad environment to being a "bad boy." With the exception of this act, I truley think that it's the environments fault.

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