You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. At more than one point, women are compared to animals and Darko even confesses to keep a woman chained in his house, to which Bond shows no disgust or any other emotion. Apart from being the bait, she doesn't play any part in the plot.

Tatiana, who is supposedly the love interest of Bond is mostly called as the girl. Women are portrayed either as good and naive or bad and cunning. This also brings on point the problem of misogynistic attitude of the author. The Turkish are described as blood hungry brutes who want to be treated badly. Russians are portrayed as non-bathing, scheming people and, except for Tatiana, every character fits into this portrayal. All the other characters except for Kronsteen, do not seem to think logically.Īnother commonly occurring motif in the narrative is the stereotyping and misogynistic attitudes in general. Klebb and Grant seem to be typical villains with no explanation to their sadism. M is as irresponsible as Bond, who instead of following a logical route, encourages him to continue on the train. Kerim is cold-blooded killer, with no conscience or empathy.

She is, more or less, an arm-candy, and is just an accessory to taint Bond. She looks up to Bond for approval, hardly ever expresses her own views, and seems to have no views at all. Romanova is merely a honey trap and despite being a cryptography corporal in an intelligence known for their strong training seems to be incapable of anything. Bond, shows some human emotions in this book, after Fleming faced much criticism for making Bond unresponsive to fear or guilt. The sub-plot of Bulgarian gangs trying to kill Kerim doesn't add anything to main plot and ends up stretching the plot as it is.Ĭharacters are mostly static and one-dimensional. Tatiana Romanova, who is from cryptography, ironically is fooled by the fake Spektor. Bond, who could have taken a different route than the train and shortened the journey, instead decides to continue on the train unnecessarily jeopardizing the mission.

The plan could falter at multiple places. Soviet Intelligence tries to involve Bond in a sex scandal with a cryptography corporal from their own Intelligence. Fleming based the plot of book on the cold-war situation in the 1950s and took inspiration from his ride on Orient Express as he was returning from Istanbul.Ī possible major problem with the book is the weak plot. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.įrom Russia with Love is Ian Fleming's fifth novel in the James Bond series. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

From russia with love by ian fleming