THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel
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to take into account the people around them. In William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Hamlet”‚ Ophelia and Laertes represent different aspects of prince Hamlets traits that further the understanding of his behaviour‚ thoughts‚ and over-all character. Laertes and Ophelia‚ like Hamlet‚ are children of murdered fathers. This connection helps create a link between the three that sends them passionately to their end. Ophelia has an important relationship and entangling affair with the prince
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Character Study: Gollum Gollum is an interesting character. Like Smaug‚ the fact that he has been living alone in a cave adds to his wicked personality as the stereotype of cave dwellers go. His magic ring has possessed him to the point that he has lost the trust of everyone‚ as well as not trusting anyone who comes near him. Although the lack of contact with anyone at all has caused him to talk to himself at all times. Even in the rare cases when he finds himself with someone else‚ as he does
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Some characters were homeless people that had soiled‚ ragged and torn up clothes‚ almost as if they went through hell and then back again. Marisol’s outfit was ordinary‚ nothing truly special‚ but that is her character. Marisol is a Puerto Rican woman that works in an office‚ thus‚ normal clothing is appropriate. Lenny’s outfit was great because it fits his personality
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“Crash” Character Analysis Emily Nostrant SUNY Fredonia 2015 The character I chose to analyze was Jean Cabot‚ who was played by Sandra Bullock. I feel that she really embodies all the topics we have talked about in class so far. The first time we see her‚ she and her husband‚ are heading to their car. While walking she catches a glimpse of two African American males and holds on to her husband harder and gives them a slightly disgusted look. She thinks that because she is a white women
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Through stories such as broden deal’s “Antaeus” all of us people learn about ourselves and others. A study of character provides insight to human behaviour. By examining the qualities of T.J we learn that T.J is intelligent‚ sensitive and in the book “Antaeus” we also learn about ourselves. In a perspective‚ the guy who explains the story also known as the narrator and mostly what T.J. has said makes him appear sensitive in my point of view. For example: when T.J. first suggests to build a garden
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tragedy was not only the tragedy of disposition‚ but also that of the society. This paper structurally consists of six parts: a brief introduction to the play; a tragic character; Macbeth’s individuality; the drive of the internal factor and conclusion. The purpose of this paper is to indicate Macbeth’s fate is determined by his character which has been developed under the interaction between external and internal factors. 1. A brief introduction to the play Macbeth is in some respect a relatively simple
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Analysis of Major CharactersHannah JarvisIn the struggle between emotion and reason in Arcadia‚ Hannah Jarvis acts as the voice of reason. Hannah is the academic‚ feminist researcher who prides herself on thorough and well-thought research and sacrifices human contact for it. Hannah‚ like Thomasina’s description of Queen Elizabeth‚ is able to separate sex from intellectual power and‚ in her case‚ push sex from view. Hannah resists carnal knowledge with effort: she doesn’t like the idea of having
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has to stop him from stealing millionaires money and sending cloned versions kids home to their parents and leaving them in shock and disbelief. Character Comparison Alex has to figure out how to get around the hundreds of guards at point blank without getting
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Character Quotes / Notes Eilis Lacey • Protagonist • Heroine • Indecisive • Inexperienced • Innocent • Naïve • Young • • “I hear you have no job at all but a great mind for figures” (Miss Kelly‚ p.5) • “Irish girls aren’t like Italian girls. They’re serious” (tony‚ p.133) • “You have changed. You look different. Everything about you is different” (Nancy‚ p.130) • Home sickness is a “terrible weight” that underscores her anonymity in Brooklyn: “she was nobody here…she was a ghost in
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