wrote The Quiet American in 1955. The book is a novel based on Greene’s experience traveling and reporting on the war which the Vietnam were waging against the French colonial army in Vietnam in the early 1950’s. (Donaghy‚1983) The Quiet American Summary Vietnam is only understood by living there‚ it is very beautiful until something happens that you might have expected to happen. Not many care about the death of a US citizen for they are causing most of the trouble there. As we see Thomas Fowler(reporter
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Plot [edit] Thomas Fowler is a British journalist in his fifties who has been covering the French war in Vietnam for over two years. He meets a young American idealist named Alden Pyle‚ who lives his life and forms his opinions based on the books written by York Harding‚ who writes books on foreign policy‚ with no real experience in matters of Southeast Asia at all. Harding’s theory is that neither Communism or colonialism are the answer in foreign lands like Vietnam‚ but rather a "Third Force"
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The book Quiet American is a great book. Author Graham Greene uses the Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle to represent a great picture. In the interactions among these characters‚ he is simplifying the situation in Vietnam into a personal model to be viewed. Graham Greene developed the attitude and personalities of his characters almost to be a condensed legend of the countries they represented. The actions and the opinions formed on them by others‚ was a reflection of the general feeling overall in Vietnam
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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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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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Quiet Kill Sherlock then thought about his larger than life‚ dramatic‚ screwed-up best friend Teddy Timberland and his “Oh God isn’t strange” big personality. He was someone who‚ even with someone else‚ would be talking highly of no one but himself. Every point made was all about him and no one else. If he didn’t get his way‚ his attitude would become aggressive and moody‚ like he was suddenly a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and start throwing things around‚ cursing while doing so. Those were the
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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 Phuong
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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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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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Graham Greene’s novel‚ The Quiet American‚ is more than a political statement about whether or not America or any other country for that matter should become involved in the affairs of another country; Greene makes the question human and personal. The novel can be read as a political and moral reflection on the opening stages of the United States’ involvement in Southeast Asia. Therefore‚ Greene’s novel becomes a commentary on the pointlessness of the United States’ later investment of men and material
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