A Brief Look at Tom Clancy

One of the nation’s youngest presidents to be inaugurated, John F Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is the second son of nine children to Irish Catholic immigrants, Joseph and Rose Kennedy. His father Joseph was an ambitious millionaire who served under Roosevelt as Director of Security and Exchange and U.S ambassador in Britain, which helped fortify the Kennedys influence in politics. Growing up, John F. Kennedy’s poor health never prevented him from exceling in academics. He went to Chaote for high school and then attended Princeton University before he fell ill and then transferred to Harvard. He would graduate with a degree in International Affairs. His senior thesis inspired his novel, Why London Slept and continued writing other books like Profiles of Courage and a Nation of Immigrants. Despite his heath conditions, he joined the Navy in WWII as a PT boat commander and received many awards for his service and bravery (Deahl).

George Patton was born in San Gabriel, California in 1885.His father as an officer in the US army so he moved around a lot.George was very intelligent and ambitious but had trouble in school.Since he couldn’t read until the age of 12, some wondered if he had dyslexia.Patton was trying to go to a College called West Point but all openings were filled.He then went to Virginia Military Institute.After only one year at the Institute, there was now a spot open at West point.His math skills had improved within a year and George Patton graduated in 1909.

Bush poetry gives people a unique and interesting prospective into the people who made this country the way it is today and the history behind it. Clancy of the Overflow is a well known bush poem by poet AB “Banjo” Paterson. Clancy of the overflow is about a person from the city who met a drover/ shearer named Clancy. After meeting him he becomes jealous of Clancy’s lifestyle which is better than his city life. In this poem Banjo uses a variety of poetic devices to get his message across like the use of suggestive language, descriptive language and imagery.

The characters in the novel Tomorrow When the War Began (TWTWB) (1993) begin as very human, very believable and, very ordinary. Then their lives are changed in an instant and they are forced to respond, to change, to grow and to adapt.. The characterisation is so well done that Ellie, Robyn, Fi, Homer, Chris, Corrie, Kevin and Lee become real to the reader, and you find yourself relating to them as you would actual people. Author John Marsden creates characters based on Australia’s unique multicultural society in TWTWB. The novel is based on an Australian town where John Marsden uses stereotypes as the main characters. They start out as fairly stereotypical examples of teenagers, but they undergo a character metamorphosis as the story progresses. Characters such as Homer, first introduced as a very stereotypical law-breaking teenager often seen in todays society, undergoes a transformation into a strong leader as the story develops.

There is a plethora of shooting games out in the world today. They come on virtually every platform from cell phones to Computers and Xbox’s. Many good games are overlooked for the more mainstream ones such as “Call of Duty” whose games are extremely popular but at best subpar. One of the best new shooters on the market today is “Rainbow six Siege”. One of many games in the Rainbow six saga, Siege is the newest addition to Tom Clancy’s brainchild tactical shooter series. The game features realistic five on five tactical combat between two teams. One of the teams attacks, while the other defends. Rainbow six’s graphics are amazing for a console game and really has the power to immerse a casual gamer. Rainbow also has a perfect formula for mixing in futuristic gadgets with real counter terrorism style combat in small environments such as residential houses and large yachts. Every operator has there own special gadget to gain the edge in combat and trying to guess which operators the enemy team will use is crucial to survival. That being said, you do not make it very far in Rainbow six without some sort of team work and collaboration as opposed to shooters such as Call of Duty that have more of a “one vs. all” run and gun mentality. As the game is rated M for mature by the ESRB, You will need to be over eighteen to purchase it. The strong rating is due to blood, drug references, strong language and violence, which some parents may find okay for their children but some may

MacArthur was born on an Army base in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 26, 1880, into a family with military history. When he was born his Dad was a captain , and had been decorated for his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. His Mom's brothers fought for the south during the civil war. The base where he was born was just the first of several military post which he lived as a kid. In 1893 his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and he attended the West Texas Military Academy. After high school, he enrolled in the military academy at West Point, where he excelled, and in 1903 he graduated with honors. After graduation, MacArthur was commissioned as a junior officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.

The article Understanding Tim O’Brien by Steven Kaplan states, “Tim O’Brien was inducted into the United States Army in August of 1968. His first seven months were spent in Vietnam, stationed about four or five miles from the American base in Chu Lai. The place was called Landing Zone Gator. Storytelling and imagination are major themes in Tim O’Brien’s fiction. His awareness in these specific topics come from the environment, in which he was raised.

He dropped out of high school and on his 17th birthday he signed enlistment papers. He left for boot camp six days later. Once in the Marine Corps he received a job in the computer department, which is where his love for computers

Born in Albany New York, on June 9, 1954, Gregory Maguire would soon become a very well-known and accomplished American novelist. Maguire was raised in a family of

     According to the author Tim O’Brien, people tend to readily accept the ‘facts’ presented of what happened during a war. People do not consider the existence of fallacies regarding the actual stories of what happens in wars, few consider that the ‘facts’ of an incident often change through people’s words. The film ‘Saving the Private Ryan’ by Steven Spielberg features both facts and seemingness part of the war story. Since it is so difficult to fully describe a war using human language, Spielberg ended up revising his stories to make sense out of it. Spielberg included parts that did not occur or exclude parts that did occur in order to make their stories seem more credible. According

Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas on a military base. His father, Arthur was a captain and was awarded for being a part of the Union Army during the Civil War. His mother’s name was Mary. MacArthur attended the West Texas Military Academy, when his family moved to San Antonio in 1893. He played sports on many high school teams. MacArthur graduated in 1903 from United States Military Academy at West Point with honors. He advanced in this military career in the next

The author, Tom Brokaw; a part of of The Greatest Generation, has plenty of experience around the military. His fathers, Red Brokaw, was the typically role model for his son. “Between the ages three and five [Tom Brokaw] lived on an Army base in western South Dakota and spent a good deal of my time outdoors in a tiny helmet, shooting stick guns at imaginary German and Japanese soldiers” (XVII). In addition to his father being an inspirational imagine in his childhood, it also included memorable images of the Fourth of July and the moment after his father returned home from the service. The military was all around Tom Brokaw and inspired him to honor the veteran’s lives as well as sacrifice during the war. From a young age good morals and values were influencing Brokaw, much like many other members of The Greatest Generation.

Tom Wolf was born on November 17, 1948 in York, PA, on Mount Wolf, in south central Pennsylvania. He was born into a wealthy family whom Mount Wolf is named after. George Wolf founded the post office, and Adam Wolf founded the supply store. Tom Wolf later inherited the supply store business, and he still lives in the house on Mount Wolf that he grew up in. His great-grandfather and grandfather planted some of the trees in the backyard. Tom rode his bike a lot when he was a child, and he built forts. But he also loved baseball, and he read a lot. Once his parents told him he was going to baseball camp, but instead they sent him to a strict Quaker camp. At this camp he learned to swim, and he learned to think a lot with famous visitors to the camp, like the civil rights pioneer Ralph Bunche.

Throughout the years, many authors have contributed to American literature by writing meaningful poems and novels about their past. However, one of these great authors rose up through his military and espionage-styled novels, changing and refining those genres forever; that author’s name is Tom Clancy. According to Italie, since childhood, young Tom Clancy has always been interested in the military and its history (Italie). He became a famous author that influenced many writers that writes the same type of genre as his and was considered as one of the best writer of all time by many. Later in his life, a number of his works were eventually turned into movies and video games that are still popular today.

Much of the inspiration that he uses comes from his experience working as a war correspondent and journalist, and his work with the Israeli Army and the US Army. His work has topped many bestseller charts across the globe where it has been translated into more than twenty languages. Some of his freestanding novels were selected by ALA as among the best 100 novels about the Second World