book review casino royale

8/10/2019 Book Review Casino Royale

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COVER SHEET

a. Title

James Bond: Casino Royale.

b. Author

The author of the book is Ian Fleming and retold by John Escott.

c. Genre

The genre of the book is action fiction.

INTRODUCTION

a. The title of the book is Casino Royale.

b. The author of the book is Ian Fleming retold by John Escott.

c. The main idea (theme) of the book is spy.

Brief summary

The head of Station S of the secret service, Fawcett formulates a plan to take

down SMERSH. Le Chiffre who is the head of communist sympathizing trade unions in

northern France. M sends out his finest gambler, James Bond to play in the game.

Station S's Vesper Lynd, Texan CIA agent Felix Leiter, and Frenchman Ren Mathis of the

Deuxime Bureau are sent by their respective superiors to assist Bond in his endeavour.

Bond checks into the hotel and prepares his operation. Before Bond has a chance

to face off with Le Chiffre, the Soviet agents make an attempt on his life. Bond survives a

bomb blast unscathed. He makes it to the casino and confronts Le Chiffre. Bond then

squares off against Le Chiffre. During the game, Bond is nearly killed by a gunman sent

by Le Chiffre. Soon Bond goes bankrupt, fortunately, Felix Leiter provides him with extra

capital to continue playing. Bond ultimately wins and bankrupts Le Chiffre. After his win

Bond takes Vesper out for a drink. She is lured into the parking lot and kidnapped by Le

Chiffre. Bond pursues her in his Bentley and, after he crashes his car, is captured

himself.

Vesper is taken away by Le Chiffre's men while he physically tortures Bond. Le

Chiffre wants to know where the cheque for the money he won was hidden. After a

while, he decided he couldn't extract information from Bond and begins sadistic mental

torture on him. A SMERSH agent enters and executes both Le Chiffre and his two men

by shooting them in the head. The agent spares Bond's life because he had been given

no orders to kill him.The agents spares want Bond to tellabout SMERSH's ideals.

Later, Bond regains consciousness and Vesper nurses him back to health. While

in the hospital Bond contemplates his future as a spy.Then, They go on vacation where

Bond starts a romantic relationship with Vesper. They take a vacation at a French


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seaside inn. They start a passionate relationship and Bond decides he will ask Vesper to

marry him.

Vesper soon realizes that a SMERSH agent using the guise "Adolph Gettler" was

watching their movements. Vesper grows increasingly fearful of her death and Bond's

death from this man. Bond catches Vesper making a secret phone call and actingduplicitously. Bond is frustrated. It comes to a head when Bond demands to know her

secret. She promises to tell him the next day. They make passionate love and Bond

retires to his own room. Finally, unable to handle the guilt, Vesper deliberately

overdoses on sleeping pills that night to do suicide.

Bond finds a letter from Vesper explaining that she was working for the MWD to

free her boyfriend who served in the Polish RAF. She had also nearly sabotaged the

operation in the casino by not getting in between the gunman. She then tells Bond she

started to fall in love with Bond. And this ended up drawing the ire of SMERSH. Vesper

also stated she wanted to escape to South America, start up a new life with Bond, and

have a baby with him. She then finishes the letter with "My love, my love."

Bond decides to oppose SMERSH, an act which sets the entire series in motion.

The novel then ends with Bond telling a liaison officer, that "the bitch is dead now".

d. Reaction or evaluation

This book is interesting because it is a story about a British intelligent agent named

James Bond who secretly spying and trying to bankrupt Le Chiffre who was the treasurer

of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. The idea is pretty simple

which was tried to bankrupt Le Chiffre and prevent him funding any Russian mission.

The Bonds adventure was also full of tenseness, battling, and also romance between

Bond and Vesper. It makes the story not flat and boring.

e. Reaction or evaluation

This book is interesting because it is a story about a British intelligent agent named

James Bond who secretly spying and trying to bankrupt Le Chiffre who was the treasurer

of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. The idea is pretty simple

which was tried to bankrupt Le Chiffre and prevent him funding any Russian mission.

The Bonds adventure was also full of tenseness, battling, and also romance between

Bond and Vesper. It makes the story not flat and boring.

LITERARY ELEMENTS

SETTING

a. The story takes place in the 1950s when it was the Cold War era. It was a tense time.

Many countries had chaos, they tried to defeat each other. Russia tried to gain a lot of


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money from its secret agent through gambling game. Here we can feel the atmosphere

of rivalry of agents who were paid to defend their nations. The romance between Bond

and Vesper can be something that can little bit release the tense in the middle of the

story.

b.

The setting influences the theme because it makes the story feels like alive.c. The setting is change there are varieties in place, atmosphere, and time. If there is no

change in the setting of the story, it will make the story not interesting enough for the

reader because it will flat. In the beginning of the story it was about the gambling game.

Then, it became tense when there were people who wanted to kill Bond. The romance

between Bond and Vesper also made the atmosphere cooler.

CHARACTERIZATION

James Bonds Character

a. -Physical Appearance

Bond was a handsome man with blue eyes and dark hair. It can be seen from chapter 1

on page 11. The evidence that Bond is good looking also can be seen on chapter 3 page

18 and chapter 5 on page 25.

-Personality Trait

Bond is a professional at his job. It can be seen from direct quite on chapter 2 page 15

Why did they send me a woman? he said, angrily. This isnt a game!He loves woman

but he didnt like to busy with woman when he was doing his job.

b. Bond also a strong man. It can be seen in chapter 4 on page 20. When someone asked

him This is Mademoiselle Lynd, said the voice, quietly, are you all right?. Yes thank

you, replied Bond. He said that he is in a good condition whereas a bomb almost kill

him.

c. Bond is a romantic man. It can be seen in chapter 16 on page 61 I love her, he said to

himself, And today Ill ask her to marry me.

d.

Le Chiffrescharacter is cruel. He tried to kill Bond because he thought that Bond

blocked his way to do his plan. It can be seen in chapter 13 on page 47. He turned to

Bond. Take off your clothes, he said. Do it, or we will break your fingers. Were serious

people, Mr. Bond. We dont care if you live or die.

THEME


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a. The theme of the book is spy.

b. Two specific examples.

1. He was an agent who can be paid.

Bond liked to work alone, but he didnt argue with M. Yes, sir, he said, and left the

room. Chapter 1 page 12.2. Vesper was kidnapped by Le Chiffre and Bond tried to release her.

It can be seen on page 40-50.

c. The theme is not really affect with our life because the story happened in Cold War era

and it was in Europe. Because we are only university student, of course, this topic is our

department in the university. However, It is a good story and we feel entertain enough

about the plot of secret agents life.

SYMBOLISM

a.

The symbol of the book is James Bond. He is the symbol of loyal. It can be seen from hisresponsibility of doing his job. He has to be very careful in his job, it can be seen from

chapter 2 on page 13.

b. James Bond became the symbol of what a secret agent looked like. It can be seen from

chapter 1 on page 9. WE MUST SEND OUR BEST GAMBLER. LE CHIFFRE IS A BOUT 45

YEARS OLD. HEIGHT 1.70M. WEIGHT 114.3 KG. HAIR RED-BROWN. EYES DARK BROWN.

HE SPEAKS FRENCH, GERMAN, ENGLISH, AND RUSSIAN. HE DRIVES CARS AND IS A GOOD

GAMBLER.

CONCLUSION

a. The effectiveness of the writing is powerful.

The story can make us imagine about the tense that happen in the story.

It can be seen from chapter 4 on page 24 An agent gave them the camera cases,she

went on. The blue case contains a smoke bomb, he told them. The red case is the

explosive. When one of you throws the red case, the other must press a switch on the

blue case..

b. The writers style of writing is simple. It is not use complicated word that can make

connotation meaning, but directly explain the denotative meaning that can be

understood by everyone even when the main character said something to his dating girl.It can be seen from chapter 10 on page 39 Its wonderful to be with you, he said. The

job is finished, and its a lovely end to the day.

c. The weakness of the story can be found on in chapter 16 on page 61 when Bond said I

know all that I need to know until tomorrow, he said. And the next day and the next.

He poured some more champagne. You dont know much about me. I get confused

about these sentences because this is use connotation and I cant get the key words.


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d. Overall, the book is interesting and good. Casino Royale is a thin novel that packs a

wealth of suspense within its pages. Flemings prose is pleasingly crisp and direct,

colored with the occasionally unexpected flourish of a gorgeously descriptive passage or

metaphor. James Bond adventure is incredibly well-plotted, fast-paced, and

compulsively read-able . We recommend this book for adventurer and action storylovers.

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