When the story first begins we start to see how there is a triangle of love between Phuong, Pyle and Fowler and how this relates to Vietnam. Phuong just wants to live a life that is with a good man and she is able to feel safe, “For an aging man, Pyle, it 's very secure – she won 't run away from home so long as the home is happy.” She wants a life that she is able to go back to and be happy with. This relates to Vietnam in how the civilians of Vietnam …show more content…
Without the triangle of love we would have been left without intertwining the relationship of Fowler and Phuong like France and Vietnam. He then uses the overprotection of Pyle and the way he looks down on her to show the way Vietnam is viewed to give extra meaning to it. Greene uses these relationships to help give a greater meaning to the novel and help influence it in a way that could not of been done