Goldfinger
Author: Ian Fleming
What is the book about?
-The book Goldfinger is about the secret agent James Bond, who is in a mission of investigating Auric Goldfinger, who is a very rich man who is obsessed with gold. When Bond and Goldfinger meet in Miami, their relationship became closer and closer, of coarse, Bond was undercover letting Goldfinger know that he worked for an important company called Universal Export. When Bond tries to get closer and closer each time, he begin to meet some people and to form some problems. Auric Goldfinger invited Bond to a dinner in Goldfinger's giant mansion. He let knew Bond he was going to a trip to France the next day, so Bond adapted a device on Goldfinger's car so he will follow Goldfinger on France. When Bond follows Goldfinger from France to Switzerland, he meets in the road Tilly Soames, Jill's Soames sister. Jill was a Bonds love at the first part of the book. After time, Bond knew Goldfinger was a very important financier of SMERSH, that is a Russian super powerful organization. Bond is captured by Goldfinger in Switzerland and taken to a warehouse in New York. While he was there prisoner, he hear Goldfinger's plan, and it was to do a giant robbery to the Front Knox, where all USA's gold is. Bond, as a prisoner didn't know what to do, so he leaves a note warning the army about the plan. The day of the robbery, Bond left the warehouse with Goldfinger and his men, and all of them entered the base by train. While the robbery was made, the U.S. Soldiers stop them. They had found Bonds note so they where alarmed. Goldfinger scared because of the intervention of the army and Bond also did. When he was going back to England, some Goldfinger agents poured a sleepy drug on him letting him as Goldfinger's prisoner again. He woke up in a stolen airplane where Goldfinger was with his men and Pussy Galore, an important character of the whole James Bond series. They were on the way to the Soviet Union, to become Bond a SMERSH agent, which was also part of the plan. Bond took a knife he had on his shoe, and break one of the windows of the pressurized cabin. Oddjob, Goldfinger's right hand, fell off the plane from the broken cabin. Then Bond begin to fight with Goldfinger until Bond wins the position and begin to struggle him until death. When Goldfinger was dead, Bond did an emergency landing in the borders of Canada with Pussy Galore.
What is the setting?
-Miami, England, New York, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, etc.
-Cold, violent, tricky, money.
Who are the protagonists and antagonists?
-Protagonists: James Bond, Auric Goldfinger
-Antagonists: Pussy Galore, Oddjob, Tilly, M.
What is the main conflict of the story?
-the main conflict would be that Auric Goldfinger wanted to make one of the most tragic robberies in history, stealing all the gold from the Fort Knox. Also that Goldfinger was the most important financier of SMERSH.
Why do you like the story?
-I like a lot James Bond's novels because it brings me a special emotion, suspense, good action, and also a very incredible plot. I like all 23 Bonds movies so before I read Casino Royale, which I read it on summer reading last year, I thought that maybe I would like the books, and also because the books are different from the movies so it would be very good to know another side of the story.
What do you like about the writing of the story?
-I like that is written in British, so some words may be a little bit strange, so it is a different environment and a different way of learning.
To who would you recommend this book and why?
- I will recommend this book to all my friends, and to the boys because it gives an excellent peace of action and suspense, so it is like the perfect book for the boys. Like I did with Casino Royale, I recommended to all my friends and many of them are reading it right now.
Author: Ian Fleming
What is the book about?
-The book Goldfinger is about the secret agent James Bond, who is in a mission of investigating Auric Goldfinger, who is a very rich man who is obsessed with gold. When Bond and Goldfinger meet in Miami, their relationship became closer and closer, of coarse, Bond was undercover letting Goldfinger know that he worked for an important company called Universal Export. When Bond tries to get closer and closer each time, he begin to meet some people and to form some problems. Auric Goldfinger invited Bond to a dinner in Goldfinger's giant mansion. He let knew Bond he was going to a trip to France the next day, so Bond adapted a device on Goldfinger's car so he will follow Goldfinger on France. When Bond follows Goldfinger from France to Switzerland, he meets in the road Tilly Soames, Jill's Soames sister. Jill was a Bonds love at the first part of the book. After time, Bond knew Goldfinger was a very important financier of SMERSH, that is a Russian super powerful organization. Bond is captured by Goldfinger in Switzerland and taken to a warehouse in New York. While he was there prisoner, he hear Goldfinger's plan, and it was to do a giant robbery to the Front Knox, where all USA's gold is. Bond, as a prisoner didn't know what to do, so he leaves a note warning the army about the plan. The day of the robbery, Bond left the warehouse with Goldfinger and his men, and all of them entered the base by train. While the robbery was made, the U.S. Soldiers stop them. They had found Bonds note so they where alarmed. Goldfinger scared because of the intervention of the army and Bond also did. When he was going back to England, some Goldfinger agents poured a sleepy drug on him letting him as Goldfinger's prisoner again. He woke up in a stolen airplane where Goldfinger was with his men and Pussy Galore, an important character of the whole James Bond series. They were on the way to the Soviet Union, to become Bond a SMERSH agent, which was also part of the plan. Bond took a knife he had on his shoe, and break one of the windows of the pressurized cabin. Oddjob, Goldfinger's right hand, fell off the plane from the broken cabin. Then Bond begin to fight with Goldfinger until Bond wins the position and begin to struggle him until death. When Goldfinger was dead, Bond did an emergency landing in the borders of Canada with Pussy Galore.
What is the setting?
-Miami, England, New York, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, etc.
-Cold, violent, tricky, money.
Who are the protagonists and antagonists?
-Protagonists: James Bond, Auric Goldfinger
-Antagonists: Pussy Galore, Oddjob, Tilly, M.
What is the main conflict of the story?
-the main conflict would be that Auric Goldfinger wanted to make one of the most tragic robberies in history, stealing all the gold from the Fort Knox. Also that Goldfinger was the most important financier of SMERSH.
Why do you like the story?
-I like a lot James Bond's novels because it brings me a special emotion, suspense, good action, and also a very incredible plot. I like all 23 Bonds movies so before I read Casino Royale, which I read it on summer reading last year, I thought that maybe I would like the books, and also because the books are different from the movies so it would be very good to know another side of the story.
What do you like about the writing of the story?
-I like that is written in British, so some words may be a little bit strange, so it is a different environment and a different way of learning.
To who would you recommend this book and why?
- I will recommend this book to all my friends, and to the boys because it gives an excellent peace of action and suspense, so it is like the perfect book for the boys. Like I did with Casino Royale, I recommended to all my friends and many of them are reading it right now.