A Literary Analysis of the Character Marko Ramius Essay

Marko Ramius is the captain of the Russian super-submarine 'Red October'. The Red October is a modified submarine of the Typhoon-class and is nuclear powered. The 'October' can carry twenty-six nuclear missiles, enough firepower to blow up the city of Washington for about twenty times.To test this very expensive submarine (billions of dollars!), the Russian navy has to find the 'Red October' in the Atlantic Ocean. Because the 'Red October' has a new propulsion-system that is very silent, it will be (almost) impossible to find the October by using sonar.Marko Ramius is one of the best captains of Russia, but what the Russian government doesn't know is that Ramius wants to take revenge on Russia, because his parents were killed by Russians. Ramius wants to desert to America.The 'Red October' leaves the dock and is heading to the Atlantic Ocean. When the 'October' is on the sea, Ramius ordered to go on using the soundless propulsion. The Russian government recieves a letter from Ramius, who wrote earlier that he is going to America. The KGB and the government order all Russian submarines to find the 'Red October' and destroy it.Jack Ryan is a young, talented member of the CIA. He goes to James Greer, one of the staff chiefs, to show him photographs of the 'Red October'. He got these pictures from America's spy in Russia, called 'the Cardinal'. On the pictures, which are made in a secret dock in the northern Russia, Jack can see four strange 'doors', two on the fore-part, two on the stern. Jack thinks that that is some strange propulsion-system.On the sea, the American submarine 'Dallas' can hear a strange noise very weakly. After a few minutes of communication, the 'Dallas' has permission for following the strange sound.Jack Ryan tells the president about the situation the whole Russian navy is coming to the coast of America, maybe an attack. The president sends Ryan to the (plane)carrier 'Kennedy' to see the...

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