Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew up... in a life he has no memory of. The last thing he remembers is coughing up sea water and being rescued by fishermen. They spread him on a table and pulled two bullet fragments out of his back. And they also found a plastic tube under his hip with a bank account number in Zurich.
Living... at 121, Rue de la Jardin, Paris, and his name is Jason Bourne. That is what he found out when he visited the Zurich bank about his account number. They gave him a safety deposit box that had a French driver's license, close to a million dollars, a gun, and six passports with different names.
Profession... spy and assassin. Though he can't remember for sure, he's pretty certain he was very good as his job. For instance even as he sits in a coffee shop, he says, "I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab or the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?" Unfortunately with his amnesia, he doesn't even remember what side he's on.
Relationship Status... single. But that is starting to change. He met a free-spirited woman named Marie in Zurich who agreed to drive him to Paris. She needed money, and he needed a ride to escape from the people trying to kill him. Sounds like a perfect match, right?
Challenge... his memory. It's not just that he can't remember. He's got a bigger problem. As he finds out more about himself, he has to face the truth of who he is. But maybe it's not too late for him to become re-"Bourne" into a better man.
Personality... tough. Physically, he's able to run faster and fight harder than almost anyone. But emotionally, he is also tough to get to know. And you probably can't blame him since he can't trust anyone he meets. As he says, “I'm on my own side now."
Get to Know him in...
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The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
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Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. Bourne realizes, though, that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy, but who does he work for?
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The fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin Aaron Cross. The story centers on new CIA operative, Aaron Cross as he experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
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Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage—an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances—all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournes—and one must die. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ultimatum.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed “Jason Bourne.” Only they know Bourne’s true identity and understand that the telegrams are really a message from Bourne’s mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world’s deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know what the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped never to do again—assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically omnipotent Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap—a trap from which only one of them will escape.
