Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Living… in mid-1930s Bedford, Connecticut, where he teaches archaeology at Marshall College. Most of his colleagues lives a quiet life, and rarely leave their sleepy corner of New England. But Indiana’s a little different, and frequently tours to globe to retrieve ancient artifacts. As he tells his students, “If you wanna be a real archaeologist, you have to get out of the library.”
Profession… professor and professional adventurer. He’s currently on a sabbatical of sorts, as he’s been tasked by the US Army to recover the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do. No one is sure what the Ark is capable of, or exactly where it’s hidden – but the Nazi’s seem convinced that they can use it as a potent weapon.
Interests… archaeology, baseball, and the saxophone. Indiana’s been naturally curious from a young age, a trait that’s caused him to develop an interest in just about everything.
Relationship status… single. Throughout Indiana Jones’ travels he’s had a slew of relationships – but none was more passionate than his brief affair with his former professor’s daughter, Marion Ravenwood. Indiana ended their relationship abruptly ten years ago, an act that is now coming back to bite him as he needs to enlist her aid to help find the Ark. They bicker constantly, but it hides a deep attraction that they are powerless to deny.
Challenge… finding the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. It won’t be easy: whoever hid the Ark of the Covenant did a very good job. Recovering the biblical relic will require Indiana to travel across the world, collect several artifacts, and face a slew of ancient and deadly traps – all with the Nazis hot on his tail. Most men would back away from the challenge, but Indiana is driven by patriotic and professional principles. He knows that the Nazis could do incalculable damage with the Ark, and also firmly believes that such an important piece of human history belongs in a museum, not on the battlefield.
Personality… brave, quick-witted, and stubborn. Indiana is an ideal adventurer. He has a cynical exterior, but if you dig deeper you’ll discover a man who is driven by romantic ideals – specifically that human culture should be recovered, preserved, and shared. He’s made his fair share of mistakes, but is tough enough to have survived and learned from them, hardening him into one of the world’s greatest unsung heroes.
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During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Henry Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well; but if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones's past to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural.
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When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah, and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.
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After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
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Dr. Indiana Jones, the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist, has been hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant. But he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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Indiana Jones, archeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many an ancient treasure. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special relic. With a bullwhip in his hand and a beautiful lady at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal and Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps and snakes, battling rivals old and new, all in pursuit of an ancient artifact said to give invincible power to its possessor. It's a battle to a startling finish, a finish dictated by the magic, the light—and the power—of the Lost Ark.
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In his newest adventure, Indiana Jones travels to India accompanied by a female torch singer named Willie Scott and an eleven-year-old boy named Short Round, his self-appointed side-kick.
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Everyone’s favorite globe-trotting, wisecracking archaeologist is hurtling headfirst into high adventure and relying on his wits, his fists, and his trusty bullwhip to get him out of deep trouble.
It’s 1957, and the Cold War is heating up. A ruthless squad of Russian soldiers crashes Indiana Jones’s latest expedition and forces the unwilling Indy along as they brazenly invade American soil, massacre U.S. soldiers, and plunder a top-secret government warehouse. Commanded by a sword-wielding colonel who’s as sinister as she is stunning, the menacing Reds have one objective: a relic even more precious–and powerful–than the mythic Ark of the Covenant, capable of unlocking secrets beyond human comprehension.
Quick thinking and some high-speed maneuvers help Indy narrowly escape certain death. But the Russians are unrelenting, and their next move leads Indy into the depths of the Amazon on a desperate rescue mission. With a hotheaded teenage biker as his unlikely wing man and his vengeful new Russian nemesis waiting for a rematch, Indy’s back in the game–playing for a prize all the wonders of the world could never rival. -
The time is the 1930s.
Indiana Jones had always managed to get into enough trouble on his own. But this time, he finds himself in the deadliest situation imaginable -- he must rescue his father, eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from the Nazis' clutches to keep them from discovering secret information only Dr. Jones possesses.
The perilous race is on -- to recover the most extraordinary ancient relic of all time -- and to prevent the Nazis and Dr. Jones's devious rivals from finding it first!
