The chapters in Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy are somewhat short and can sometimes be choppy, skipping
into different characters and different points of different days. But my
favorite scene so far has been chapter two, when we are introduced to George
Smiley, who is having a pretty bad, was recently separated from his wife, and
let go from the agency, and has the last name Smiley which is just something no
person should have to live with. What I love about this George, is he just
doesn’t know. Or maybe I don’t know. There’s lots of mystery between
characters. But one of my favorite parts in chapter two is when he is invited
to Roddy Martindale’s house for dinner and Martindale tells George why he lost
his job and that George’s supervisor, whom he was very close with, really isn’t dead. Can you imagine having a
horrible day, you lost your job, then your wife leaves you and takes out most
of the money in your account, then some guy you just met tells you why you really lost your job and that one of
your good friends and old boss isn’t
really dead? Can you imagine that day? And having the last name Smiley? So
there’s all that and then it twists into what Martindale thinks, and Martindale
believes for “reasons” that Smiley didn’t really
lose his job and is still running something confidential within the agency.
Chapter 2 has been my favorite scene so far because of the constant piling of
strange, sometimes depressing, mystery.
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