The author of The Quiet American book; Graham Greene‚ explores the theme of idealism vs. realism strongly but delicately; because it is present as the background of the novel. In this paper‚ I will try to give my feelings and arguments of how I think the author managed to deliver a complete story with more than just one theme. The one that caught my attention this time is the most relevant one; the analogy between idealism and realism. One of the most easy-to-recognize fact is that the main characters
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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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The Destructors (A Summarized Summary) By: Felix Cheung‚ Pareen Sehat‚ & Sean Stubbs What its About: In the short story‚ The Destructors‚ by Graham Greene‚ a gang of youths expresses their anger and frustration against society by destroying the last remaining house on a bombed out street. The protagonist‚ Trevor‚ or T‚ becomes the gang’s leader‚ who is fuelled by a desire to take revenge on the middle class. The previous leader of the gang‚ Blackie‚ loses his position when Trevor develops a superior
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Intro about the story The Case for the Defence is a well-written thriller by Graham Greene‚ a famous English novelist‚ which deals with a strange murder trial. The defendant‚ guilty of murder of a woman and having four eye-witnesses to testify against him is thought of standing no chance of acquittal. Yet‚ a twist in the story renders the jurymen helpless and they have to acquit him for lack of evidence. In the end‚ he or his twin brother meets with a horrible death‚ having been crushed under a
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The Broken Window Theory‚ which is also known as the Epidemic Theory of Crime‚ is one of the foundations of the bestseller book Tipping Point (2000) by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell defines tipping points as "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable; these are the moments of critical mass‚ the threshold‚ the boiling point." Tipping points are made possible through epidemics. Gladwell came up with the three rules or principles of epidemics‚ based on learnings from worldwide
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The Elegant Universe is a book‚ also adapted into a television broadcast‚ in which Brian Greene introduces and discusses the string and superstring theory. Greene discusses the essential problem facing modern physics: unification of Einstein’s two theories‚ general relativity and quantum mechanics. He suggests that the string theory is the solution to these two conflicting theories. Albert Einstein‚ throughout the last thirty years of his life‚ was determined to pursue a single theory so powerful
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This book report will be reviewing “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene‚ focusing mainly on the laws that emphasis military strategy. These laws are the fifth‚ eleventh‚ twenty second‚ forty second‚ and forty eighth law. While going through these laws‚ this report will analysis the author’s premise as well as the purpose of these laws. The fifth law states “so much depends on reputation; guard it with your life.” The most important factor to power is reputation. With reputation alone‚ one can
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By the end of the novel fowler is a greatly changed man. Do you agree? In the novel “The Quiet American”‚ which is written by Graham “Vintage” Green‚ follows a man called Thomas Fowler‚ who is a British journalist currently travelling in Vietnam. Thomas Fowler is aged in his fifties or so and his work has been covering the French war in Vietnam. Throughout the book Fowler becomes a greatly changed man‚ through meeting characters and becoming twisted in events. Fowler at the start of the book has
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attend to‚ this brilliant technology is of no use. However‚ Greene states that‚ “Researchers and commercial labs around the country are building experimental homes to test technology that could make domestic life easier and extend the independence of older homeowners” (Greene 337). The speaker believes that this transition into smarter homes will be beneficial to humans. Through the usage of diction‚ the positive‚ approving tone Greene has towards this technology is shown. Technology and the future
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Introduction: Graham Greene is celebrated as one of the most prevalent post-war novelists who gave Englishnovel the spiritual heights. Thus he has been classified as a modern spiritualwriter and a great literary giant. [1] As a Catholic writer‚ Greene’s artof letters cruciallydeal with the subjects of sin and spiritualityvia different themes like man’s relationship with himself‚ with society and with God. Greene‚in his novels emphatically deals with the ideology that only faith in God can save man
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