#3

I recently read chapters 13-15 in Vince Flynn's novel Protect and Defend. In the beginnign of chapter 13 Abel is about to meet his contact in Paris, that he worked so hard to get. There was an in quote about his feelings there. Flynn wrote, "Abel was wondering why one of the world's most beautiful and dynamic cities gave him a sense of melancholy" (116). This quote is ment to show what the life of a spy is like. He doesn't enjoy the beauty beacause he can't and it saddens him. This is probably due to the fact that he is stuck spying on people from his hotel room, and that's all he can concentrate one. He has no time to be destracted becaus there could be someone coming after him. Latter in chapter 14 Flynn writes about how spys have a set plan of what's going to happen. It was interesting when Abel's plan was spoiled he had no idea what to do and was caught off gaurd. This seems unsual for a spy due to the fact that they seem to know what to do in all situations, but he froze in this siuation. Abel's contact made him feel like he was in charge until they met when he realized they'd been playing him, and they were going to set their own rules. This all happend because Abel was caught off gaurd infront of the coffee house.