Victorino Mapa High School Quiapo‚ Manila The Quiet American By: Graham Greene Danielle May P. Basilio IV-4 Mrs.Ballinan I. About the Author Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berhamsted School‚ where his father was the headmaster. On coming down from Balliol College‚ Oxford‚ where he published the book of verse‚ he worked for 4 years as a sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel‚ Stamboul Train‚ which he classed as an ‘entertainment’
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Reflective journal 2: The Quiet American April 4‚ 2014 The Quiet American: A wartime love triangle One of the famous novels written by Graham Green‚ The Quiet American was adapted into the film with the same name directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002. The themes of the film mention not only war‚ but also love setting in Saigon‚ Viet Nam‚ in 1952‚ during the First Indochina War where much of focuses on three main characters that are in a love triangle between Fowler‚ Phuong‚ and Pyle. Thomas Fowler
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Introduction of the Novel Graham Greene wrote The Quiet American in 1955. The book is a novel based on Greene’s experience traveling and reporting on the war which the Vietnam were waging against the French colonial army in Vietnam in the early 1950’s. (Donaghy‚1983) The Quiet American Summary Vietnam is only understood by living there‚ it is very beautiful until something happens that you might have expected to happen. Not many care about the death of a US citizen for they are causing most
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The Quiet American is an anti-war novel by British author Graham Greene‚ first published in United Kingdom in 1955 and in the United States in 1956. It was adapted into films in 1958 and 2002. The book draws on Greene ’s experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French Indochina 1951-1954. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American in October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from the Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him
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"The Quiet American" How long can you sit on the fence and not get involved? How long before you’re forced to choose sides? Thomas Fowler learns the answers to this dilemma the hard way. Fowler at the onset of our story‚ describes himself as being an objective observer‚ purposely not taking sides‚ just telling over the facts. "My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw‚ I took no action- even an opinion is a kind of action. (20)"
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The Quiet American: Choose a novel which explores in an effective way a theme which is important to you. A novel of which explores a certain theme‚ the abusive corruption of American power is Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”. Greene’s novel is set in the French colony‚ Vietnam‚ which is soon to be lost to the Communists. His narration and description of characters such as Alden Pyle the titular “Quiet American” of whom is proud to be American and is working for the Economic Aid Mission of which
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Graham Green’s novel‚ The Quiet American takes place in Vietnam as the French Colonization of the country is coming closer to an end. It is a time where the American’s are beginning to arrive in Vietnam with hope of ending the colonization while attempting to "protect" the south from communism and the ever-dreaded "Domino Theory". Within this one novel‚ Graham Greene has different stories and can capture diverse readers. One story tells a love story between two people from different cultures‚ another
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Plot [edit] Thomas Fowler is a British journalist in his fifties who has been covering the French war in Vietnam for over two years. He meets a young American idealist named Alden Pyle‚ who lives his life and forms his opinions based on the books written by York Harding‚ who writes books on foreign policy‚ with no real experience in matters of Southeast Asia at all. Harding’s theory is that neither Communism or colonialism are the answer in foreign lands like Vietnam‚ but rather a "Third Force"
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The book Quiet American is a great book. Author Graham Greene uses the Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle to represent a great picture. In the interactions among these characters‚ he is simplifying the situation in Vietnam into a personal model to be viewed. Graham Greene developed the attitude and personalities of his characters almost to be a condensed legend of the countries they represented. The actions and the opinions formed on them by others‚ was a reflection of the general feeling overall in Vietnam
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Which does more harm in the world‚ cynical self-interest or blind idealism? The Quiet American by Graham Greene explores this question. It is set in Vietnam‚ mostly in Saigon‚ before the French left. Its main characters are an English reporter named Thomas Fowler‚ an American spy called Alden Pyle‚ and a Vietnamese woman of Chinese descent‚ Phuong. Cynical Fowler is a drug addict‚ an opium smoker. Phuong probably got him addicted. He seems to have been a life-long philanderer‚ who finally destroyed
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