British Authors Think Great Britian Is Shaping World Events Through

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a dinner. She
complies saying "Well, I'd like to start with caviar and then have a plain
grilled rognon de veau with pommes souffles. And then I'd like to have fra
ises des bois with a lot of cream"1. He then orders some expensive food for
himself. To explai n for this he says "You must forgive me. I take a
ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink. It comes partly from being a
bachelor, but mostly from a habit of taking a lot of trouble over
details."2 The pleasure Bond takes in possessing and consuming material
objects has several significance. In part it is simply the prerogative of
the hero to live well. The brand names Bond end orses are those the reader
might find, if not among his own toiletries or in his own garage, then on
the shelves of a nearby store or the lot of a nearby dealer. Bond uses his
knowledge of th e ways of the world to enforce justice.

1,2 Fleming, Ian Casino Royale (Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London,
1954), pg. 92

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fingers clenched until they were quite white. Then his bo dy sagged,
and perspiration started to bead all over his skin. He muttered a deep
groan."3 The Soviet agent taunts him with the intention to castrate Bond
through the torture or failing that , with a carving knife he has at hand,
make the scene into an obscene parody of an Oedipal situatio n. Oedipus
used a knife to pull out his own eyes.

3 Fleming, Ian Casino Royale (Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., Lo ndon,
1954), pg. 144

This sort of episode shows Fleming's notorious sadism. Bond i s always
the victim or the witness. "Elegance and ingenuity usually characterize
these scenes . Pain becomes an artistic effect."4 In many ...

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