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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bad? CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE The Quiet American * Both Pyle and Thomas are in conflict over a number of issues throughout the text. In particular some of this conflict stems from their ideological differences‚ particularly in regards to their views about Vietnam. Pyle is blind to the outside dangers present by sticking so blindly to his core beliefs. (How do a person’s beliefs shape their responses to situations they find themselves in?) * Pyle and Thomas also come into conflict over
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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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Philip Noyce’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American to film was a large success. It stayed true to the script‚ and kept the basic essence of the characters; pulling them from the pages of the book and creating them visually into marvels on screen. The earlier film made on the book was made in 1958 by Joseph Mankiewicz. Fowler was played by Michael Redgrave‚ with Audie Murphy as Pyle. This version was forced to reverse Greene’s political stand taken in the book however‚ meaning it
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is rewarded with more wealth‚ authority‚ power and prestige. The Quiet American‚ a novel written in 1955 by British writer Graham Greene‚ demonstrates the negative effects of social class on society. The story is set in Saigon‚ a large city in Vietnam‚ at the end of the first Indochina war and is told from the point of view of a British journalist‚ Thomas Fowler. In its braiding together of a political
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foolish to realize that in the end‚ it was only USA gaining the benefits of my work. "Here we are Mr. Allen‚" said the petty officer driving the Humvee. "Thanks for the ride‚ I won’t need the ride back today‚" I replied. "No problem." Back to the American air base in Fallujah‚ the last time I had been asked to come here was back 3 weeks ago when the first attack upon the building I had originally stayed in had been bombed to ashes. As all the soldiers had told me‚ that event would be listed as an
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The Quiet American: Reading Log PART I Chapter 1 Narrator lives in room alone over Rue Catinat Associated with a man named Pyle‚ has met him many times before Phuong- meaning Phoenix waits for Pyle also. She speaks French. Phuong cannot wait in public as the police may pick her up Phuong and Pyle are a couple Phuong was once in a relationship with the narrator Pyle "Had pronounced and aggravated views on what the US was doing for the world" Narrator smokes opium pipes regularly Phuong
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He meets Alden Pyle and finds him naïve. Throughout the book Fowler is often caught in lies and sometimes there may be speculation that he is lying to himself. Fowlers relationship with Vietnamese woman Phuong often fuels the conflict in the story‚ especially between Fowler and Pyle. Fowler is also used as a metaphor to describe the character. The word foul is relatively similar to his last name and connections can be made about the character’s actions in the book. Alden Pyle is the "quiet American"
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States. ( Domino theory ) Communism was contradictory to American morals such as (... ). They believed that Vietnam would benefit through the Third Force and it would ultimately prevent the downfall of other countries also known as the Domino Theory.
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Politics and religion have contributed to the great roles in shaping up societies worldwide for centuries. Specifically‚ in both “For Whom the Bell Tows” and “The Quiet American”‚ political influences are expressed with a deeper concentration in comparison to religion among the people. In the work‚ “For Whom the Bell Tows”‚ religion is not emphasized as a major priority throughout the story‚ until the local people find themselves almost at their breaking point. As stated in one of the passages by
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