Ngo Chi Diem Analysis

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Vietnam is a well-known for battle of government that went on for several years and still has many issues. Communism was consider highly dangers to American values and should not be allowed to spread. Because of this mentality America felt it had the right to invade Vietnams land through funding and supplying who they felt should be in charge who was Ngo Chi Diem. This paper discus the stereotypically American, American influences, and the treatment of Phuong. Granger and Pyle represent two different way’s the America people react to the Vietnamese people. Granger was the type to take advantage of the lack of rules in the nation. Especially when it was about the women and prostitution. He enjoy that all the women would come after him …show more content…
As fowler says, “I laugh at anyone who spends so much time writing about what doesn’t exist-mental concepts.”(85) Fowler views York work as superfluous to the people of Vietnam and that they need to stop throwing their ideas on the people. While Pyle feels the exact opposite he thinks concepts like Harding are important to society. Pyle feels it is needed to believe there is something greater going on pass our understanding while Fowler has no interest in this type of thinking he believes in what he knows. Fowler wants to show Pyle that concepts like communism does not concern them they worry more about how they will live their daily lives. At first Pyle argues about how the Vietnamese people do not want communism but then goes on to show he doesn’t want communism to spread anywhere else is his fear. Fowler believes that a lot of their idealism in Vietnam came from foreign influences and that the average person is not concern with thoughts of God and Democracy. Overall, Fowler believe the influences foreign nations bring to the Vietnamese people is not good for them while Pyle still strongly believes in enforce democracy to the

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