European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Creator says rambo in debt to Hemingway aka Tsunoda Ambo and Hemingway an Odd couple certainly but there Are definite correlations says David Morrell. He should know. Morrell is the creator of rambo and As a former professor of american literature at the University Flowa he is also an Ernest Hemingway expert. Despite the entertainment oriented nature of his novels his Fine prose has drawn critical acclaim. Quot what f try to do in my Book Tris to write As v i v id a scene As i can and sometimes that Means taking some words out a he says. A some people Over describe until they be got so Many words on the Page people can to see what they Are supposed to see. A i did a master s degree on Hemingway and i think that helps a lot because Hemingway was very interested in the clean straightforward sentence try i no to get As much out of each word As he  had instant Success w Ith his first Hook in 1972, Quot first  its protagonist rambo would become a household word. The novel made into popular movies starring Sylvester Stallone told of a fight that began with a Small town sheriff leaning on a drifter and ended with a Low n in flames from the rage of David Morrell creator of rambo. Single Vietnam Veteran. Mortill who resigned from the University in 1986 after 16 years to concentrate on writing has another action thriller Quot the fifth profession Quot out and Selling Well. He has written 13 books including Quot the brotherhood of the Rose Quot and Quot the fraternity of the Stone a Many were Best Sellers translated into 22 languages and made into movies. He says it sees something in common Between Hemingway a protagonists and his own Odio include a former Vietnam Veteran intelligence officers and assassins. Quot i see All my characters As men who have had terrible things happen to them and who have tried to adjust to these terrible things Quot the 47-Ycar-old author says a there s a consistent. Theme of control in my bocks where the characters always say a we pc got to keep  and that a because they arc so afraid that they Wall lose control and allow this insecurity and this fear that is deep inside them to come out. Quot in that degree 1 think there is a certain relationship Between the characters pm working with and Hemingway a characters. 1 would never be so bold As to put what i am doing in Hemingway s league but certainly 1 see that similarity a men with the soft Interior and hard professional . A the fifth profession Oclis of a highly trained bodyguard a former Navy Seal. He and his japanese colleague witness their client a japanese businessman being beheaded by assailants. They also Sec each other being murdered. Several months later they realize none of this happened. Together they attempt to solve the Riddle. Why does Morrell who has no experience in War want to write action thrillers. Quot look at me. 1 done to look like any Lough Guy. I d even like to be a bit of a comedian. A part of my mind is very contented humorous and Good natured. Then there is a Little part of me that is a dark Side. My father died in the second world War in Europe and i grew up without a. Strong male authority figure. And t was psychologically wounded by that. A i sometimes think what in a doing is Psychoanal zing myself in my stories that in a writing out my  that brings him Back to Hemingway Quot someone once asked Hemingway who his psychiatrist was and he said , and he was referring to his typewriter Quot Morrell says. 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