The Quiet American

in the North (Vietminh), was a Vietnamese nationalist who was prepared to do anything in order to earn his country’s independence. Many believed that Ho was an agent under the Soviet Union sent to Indochina in order to spread communism. In The Quiet American, an anti-war novel by Graham Greene, Thomas Fowler, a British Journalist, and Alden Pyle, an undercover CIA agent, navigate through Vietnam, developing their own ideas for what is best for the Vietnamese people and what must be done in order…

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(Movie) and The Quiet American, there are similarities and differences detectable in the stories. The principle closeness we have watched is that both stories catch the time of history. Notwithstanding, Greene’s stories also utilizes their own different speakers and visualizing different imagery that makes a totally unique perception of Greene ability to be innovative in his own way. The stories written by Greene all had mysterious history themes. In 1955, The Quiet American and The…

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Within his work, The Quiet American, Graham Greene explicitly criticizes the tendency for western countries to intervene in foreign politics. Denoting his informed position regarding the turmoil in Vietnam, Greene “reported on the French colonialist war in Vietnam for the Sunday Times of London and for Le Figaro and Paris-Match” (Whitfield, 67). That Greene had personally witnessed the western countries’ various attempts to alter Vietnamese politics both qualifies his criticism, and evidences…

The Quiet American is a novel that explores social and political relationships between Europe and America in Indochina War through connections among the three main characters: Fowler, Pyle, and Phuong. Graham Greene, an author of the book, uses the attitudes and personalities of Pyle and Fowler to create tension to symbolize the greater tension in the political conflicts over Vietnam at the time. Through Pyle and Fowler’s different political views but a common desire for Phuong, The Quiet…

short time after the time period in which the Quiet American takes place the United States becomes involved in Vietnam conflict, leading to the Vietnam War. Many saw this war as a chance for the United States to save Vietnam, ultimately the United States would go into the war with pure intentions. Many found after the war that those intentions were no longer there, and our country had caused more destruction by becoming involved. It took many Americans till after the damage had been done to…

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Vietnam War (1950s), it encompasses the spirit of the American forces as they fought to achieve their goal during this time. The Vietnam War (1954-75) was a struggle which pitted the communist government of Northern Vietnam and its…

Greene’s book, The Quiet American and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s movie adaptation of “the Quiet American” have the three same main characters, as well as the general storyline. Fowler and Phuong are happily together, but then The American, Pyle, arrives in Vietnam and pursues Phuong for her hand in marriage. While the characters and their dramatic love triangle remains the same, there are discrepancies between the actions and personalities of the characters, especially The American. By changing the…