Tom Clancy Book Report

His education was astounding. While he was in high school he was considered the class clown and made C averages. After high school graduating Penncrest High School in 1962, he joined the United States Navy. He served a four year term in the Navy before continuing his education. He got his bachelor's degree in Gallaudet University in 1970 . His Master's degree in Psychology at University of Tennessee in 1971. He also got his PHD in Psychology

As a kid, Tom Clancy grew up loving ships, tanks, planes, and other military machines. Clancy was born on April 12, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. Although he hated reading and writing as a kid, he began to develop a love for them and chose his career as an author. Tom loved to read about the military in his free time. Furthermore, he based his novels off of the military experiences he read about. His stories were so real, the military had to confront him about where he got this information.

General George Patton was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. As a young boy George wanted to become a war hero. He did this because he wanted to follow his family member/ancestors, because the fought in the Civil War and the American Revolution War.(Biography.com, Patton) His formal education did not really begin until he was 11 years old, but,over time he became acquisitive reader and as he got older he published many articles on military topics.(Britannica.com, George Patton) “Patton spent a year at the Virginia Military Institute and then transferred to the , New York, where he was

The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” “How to Tell a True War Story,” and “Style”

When mag crew workers become victims of tragic accidents or perpetrators of violent crimes, they’re often thousands of miles from home, which makes it difficult for their families to get information about their cases, often involving foul play. Since their door-to-door jobs are by nature itinerant, they roam the streets, trying to sell magazine subscriptions to the public in town after town. It is also a job that, many say, leaves crew members open to serious abuse. There is a long list of persistent mag crew-related problems, which usually generate only local news attention disappearances, rapes, assaults, van rollover accidents, abandonments and suspicious deaths. Successful civil lawsuits against mag crew company owners haven’t done much to curb the industry’s labor abuses, and because of jurisdictional restrictions, local police in most states can do little other than arrest sales agents for selling without proper permits.

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.

Matt and I were put into a vault with lots of people who also lived in Boston with us. Matt and I got chosen as runners. The runner's job was to find caps, clothing, food and purified water. We got missions and other jobs from the overseer and other people who needed help. When we were looking for supplies and doing missions we came across two dogs, one that was named Dogmeat and another dog that we named Sparky. Matt and I walk through two big hills and saw lots of big things that we called deathclaws. Deathclaws are really big ugly things that have really big claws. It took a long time to kill these guys because they are really strong and powerful. Good thing we had a mini nuke and a really nice rocket launcher called a fatman.

Bradbury was born August 22 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. At the age of 12 or 13 he made a decision of becoming a writer. He made this decision because he wanted to “live forever through his fiction”

In the book, Among the Enemy, Matthais, Percy, and Alia are going through some trouble. They are kids with fake IDs. Where they live, the third child is illegal and shall be put to death. There is a shortage of food and families are being banished. Since the country has a shortage of food, they need to utilize it carefully. It's the middle of the night and the Population Police have arrived at Neidler School. They come in their big trucks and sirens. Matthias and Percy both wake up to the audible sound. Next thing you know, a Population Police officer barges into their dorm and says, "UP! UP! UP!" Matthias and Percy's initial reaction was to grab extra clothes and pocket knife. They are now walking in the halls. Matthias and percy worry about Alia. They eventually meet up with Alia. The Population Police gather all

We are introduced to Melba Pattillo Beals at a young age from her written recollection of old memories of her not having a fair life before she entered Central High. Once Melba signed her fate to integrate she faced numerous problems which were threatened days and nights, deadly situations, and horrifying incidents that got worse once the nine fully integrated. Eventually white segregationists hit their mark when they infiltrated school grounds in search of the black students, and by doing so, they made President Eisenhower choose to send the 101st Airborne Division Guards to protect the kids. The choice had angered many, so the 101st Airborne Division Guards were sent away to be replaced by the lousy National Guards, and for many months Melba and the others endured the same ugly treatment everyday with no true protection.

In Tim O’Brian’s short excerpt, How to Tell A True War Story, the narrator recounts his hardening experiances in the Vietnam War (1956-1975). O’Brian details the story of Rat during the war, and his experiances losing his best friend. Through the use of literary divices such as imagry, paradoxical ideas, as well as themes that juxtapose each other, O’Brian is able to deliver an effective message in reguards to the complex relationship between physical war and war stories. The use of imagery and discriptive language allows for a realistic experience for the reader, and ultimatly amplifies the audience’s percenption of the text. Additionally, paradoxies are included

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. had a very normal beginning. He grew up in Maryland, and went to Loyola High school. After graduating, he attended Loyola University and began majoring in physics. Clancy was also a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC. Though he was very willing to serve, he was turned down after trying to enlist due to his myopia. He then switched his major to English and graduated in 1969 (Carlson, Michael).

Lord Byron once remarked that, "Truth is always strange; stranger than fiction." In assessing Walter Hixson's review of Tom Clancy's novels and their impact on American national security it is striking to witness the degree to which an invented fictional reality and the real world played off one another for each other's benefit. In Hixon's review his primary argument is that the popularity of Clancy's novels both with large swaths of the public and in the national security apparatus stems from his exaltation of American exceptional-ism, demonization of domestic and foreign enemies and promotion of military technology as a national security panacea. In essence, Clancy's novels promote an ideological perspective on national security which reinforces fundamental narratives which national security powerbrokers want the public to believe in order to support military procurement and foreign policy initiatives.

As far as politics go, the policies of a country does not always represent that of an individual in other words don’t act until you have spent a minute in somebody else's shoes. This is represented by Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October” and many historical events. Whether it be a nuclear submarine's officers, or mig pilots seeking political asylum, Russia weren’t always as forward as the are now. This classic novel has been about the journey of Captain Ramius. His wife has just died due to medical complication and he has blamed the poor doctors in Russia, so he takes his top officers aboard his variant of the Typhoon Class Ballistic Missile submarine, The Red October. On the other side of the Atlantic Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst and historian

George Patton was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California to George Smith Patton and Ruth Wilson. His mother was a wealthy businessperson who made her wealth in the winery business. His father was a district attorney of Los Angeles, California. He grew up in a ranch amid wealth and power. His family had a long history in the military. His paternal ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War general and his grandfather was a colonel for the Confederates. One was killed at Cedar Creek. His maternal grandfather was mayor of Los Angeles. George Patton loved to hunt, fish, and ride as a child. He did not go to school until he was twelve years old; however, he was tutored at home. He was enrolled at a private school, Pasadena’s elite Classic School for Boys because he had dyslexia. He loved to tell military adventure stories and as a