James Bond

 In one of the first Bond novels, Ian Fleming tells us that James Bond - the classic “Englishman"? - was the son of a Scottish father and an Oriental mother. But perhaps this was not really true.
    Bond went to school in England, anyway - to Eton College, the same school as his creator Ian Fleming. After leaving school, Bond did not go to university - it wasn’t necessary for the 1950s.

Bond joined the British Secret Service, where he soon got promoted to the top of the spray, the “double O" category. From then on he was 007, “licensed to kill", and so began a career that would take him to all the corners of the earth. In the early days, Bond’s role was quite clear. He was working for the West, and his main enemies were men from the KGB and other dangerous organizations. Since the end of the Cold War, the role of MI6 has changed, and Bond’s job profile has changed with it. Now his main enemies are the big bosses of organized crime and international terrorism.

We can therefore be sure that James Bond, the best-known English fictional hero of the 20th century, has many more exciting adventures ahead of him. Bond films are too popular and too profitable to abandon. So Hollywood has invented new James Bond stories...

   Bond movies have become more and more fantastic. Fleming’s original character was fantastic because he always came out alive; his adventures were incredible, but they were based on some sort of realism. Bond’s original car (his Aston Martin DB5) had gadgets, but they were all plausible! They were gadgets that would let him escape if he was being chased.

   In the next Bond films, there will surely be lots more amazing things; but Bond will continue to be the same, cool, calm, and collected – the classic Englishman.; Craig is unlikely to be the last 007, and Bond will doubtless go on entertaining us for many more years!