a short piece of fiction written by Henry Graham Greene. Henry Graham Greene‚ was an English novelist‚ a short-story writer‚ a playwright and a journalist and the author regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Graham Greene was one of the most widely read novelist of the 20th-century. Adventure and suspense are constant elements in his novels and many of his books have been made into successful films. The themes that dominate Graham Greene’s novels are fear‚ pity and violence
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Graham Green’s novel‚ The Quiet American takes place in Vietnam as the French Colonization of the country is coming closer to an end. It is a time where the American’s are beginning to arrive in Vietnam with hope of ending the colonization while attempting to "protect" the south from communism and the ever-dreaded "Domino Theory". Within this one novel‚ Graham Greene has different stories and can capture diverse readers. One story tells a love story between two people from different cultures‚ another
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Which does more harm in the world‚ cynical self-interest or blind idealism? The Quiet American by Graham Greene explores this question. It is set in Vietnam‚ mostly in Saigon‚ before the French left. Its main characters are an English reporter named Thomas Fowler‚ an American spy called Alden Pyle‚ and a Vietnamese woman of Chinese descent‚ Phuong. Cynical Fowler is a drug addict‚ an opium smoker. Phuong probably got him addicted. He seems to have been a life-long philanderer‚ who finally destroyed
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About the author RK Narayan brought Indian writing in English to western nations. He was helped in the venture by Graham Greene. Narayan’s stories mostly have the fictional town of Malgudi as their geographical reference point. Malgudi could be anywhere in India. It is a microcosm of the huge country. Even today there are readers who believe that Malgudi exists; so realistically did Narayan describe the place. Narayan’s stories were brief‚ some barely ten pages long‚ but within this he was able
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18th January 2014 Practice At Examining How A Writer Achieves A Particular Effect Text: ’I Spy’ by Graham Greene What Is The Significance Of The Title? The title (’I Spy’)‚ is significant because it shows the similarities between Charlie Stowe and his father. Also because without it we would never come to assume that Charlie Stowe’s father is in fact a spy‚ who is being arrested for spying for the Germans or the ’Huns’ as his wife calls them. This creates the effect of dramatic irony as Charlie
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money or material possessions lead to happiness? Or does it lead to destruction? In his story "The Rocking Horse Winner‚" D.H. Lawrence depicts an example of how the pursuit of materialistic items will lead to destruction. "The Destructors" by Graham Greene also exemplifies the pursuit of material satisfaction in the form of notoriety which also leads to destruction. These authors argue that the pursuit of material possessions gives a false sense of happiness‚ and that this pursuit only leads to
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In ‘the destructors’‚ how does the author convey a sense of menace and raising tension? The author of the destructors ‘Graham Greene’ uses lots of different techniques to convey a sense of menace and tension during the story. He starts off by introducing the characters‚ and all the characters have nicknames ‘Blacky‚ T’‚ this gives a sense of mystery as we wonder what some of their real names are. The gang clearly has rules and a sense of self restraint and if you break the rules‚ or utter the
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4.2 Experience vs. Naivety/Immaturity Pyle is young; he is in his early twenties. Pyle respects Fowler and looks up to him as a friend. As an ambitious individual‚ he believes that he can make a difference in the world - starting in a country he knows little about. The young American is naive‚ but determined. Focused only on one side‚ he does not have much foresight regarding the consequences of his actions. His ignorant goal is to Americanize the country of Vietnam and enforce his own American
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THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel
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passive. It mirrors a past of unscrupulous tyrannical power involving carnal pleasures and deviating from the restrictive morals of the “occidental.” The Orient displays feminine vulnerability with its progress and value judged as inferior to the West. Graham Greene’s The Quiet American presents the treatment of Phuong as a metaphor for how foreign occupying forces treat her native country of Vietnam‚ and her depiction as having no control in matters of her love life is a motif of the Orient being a feminized
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