The Ugly American Essay
This essay was written using characters from the book, “The Ugly American”, as well as the SO imperatives and some of my own personal experiences. For the purposes of this essay I chose three characters to compare and contrast. Ambassador Gilbert Macwhite was my favorite character and hard not to choose with his simple understanding that the American way of life does not fit into every culture. My second choice was Father Finian, a Catholic priest that uses his influential talents to build a relationship with nine local anticommunist men in the fight against communism. Choosing a third character was a bit more difficult choice to make. Joe Bing is an interesting character and a major example of a talent management failure. Bob Maile had a
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Father Finian had been a Navy chaplain when he had an experience with a young Marine that was a communist. After witnessing the dedication for communism in the Marine, Father Finian set to work reading and researching the works of communism. If not for the simple fact that the SO imperatives had not yet been written you might think that Father Finian surely must have had a laminated card listing them with him at all times. By the time Father Finian had reached Burma he had a vast understanding of the environment that he would be working in. He studied the culture, history, and anthropology of the country. He knew that he alone could not locate all of the communist supporters and persuade everyone to understand how evil communism was and that it could not be accomplished from the safety of the Archbishops residence in Mokthu. Finian gathered supplies and traveled into the country knowing that communists had destroyed three other missions in the area. Finian located and thoroughly tested U Tien, a local Burman and devout catholic. After determining that U Tien was a dependable man, Father Finian set him to work locating other Burmans that were anticommunist. By operating with and through the local Burmans, the group eventual group of nine was able to discriminately engage the communists by creating a newspaper called The Communist Farmer. Due to the vague name of the newspaper, the communists did not know initially whether to support of oppose the
Father Finian had been a Navy chaplain when he had an experience with a young Marine that was a communist. After witnessing the dedication for communism in the Marine, Father Finian set to work reading and researching the works of communism. If not for the simple fact that the SO imperatives had not yet been written you might think that Father Finian surely must have had a laminated card listing them with him at all times. By the time Father Finian had reached Burma he had a vast understanding of the environment that he would be working in. He studied the culture, history, and anthropology of the country. He knew that he alone could not locate all of the communist supporters and persuade everyone to understand how evil communism was and that it could not be accomplished from the safety of the Archbishops residence in Mokthu. Finian gathered supplies and traveled into the country knowing that communists had destroyed three other missions in the area. Finian located and thoroughly tested U Tien, a local Burman and devout catholic. After determining that U Tien was a dependable man, Father Finian set him to work locating other Burmans that were anticommunist. By operating with and through the local Burmans, the group eventual group of nine was able to discriminately engage the communists by creating a newspaper called The Communist Farmer. Due to the vague name of the newspaper, the communists did not know initially whether to support of oppose the