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    Quiet Kill Now on the job‚ Sherlock says to Cap‚ “The way I see it‚ when students kiss teachers‚ someone gets HURT. That’s a promise I’ll keep.” Cap: receives a call. “Cap speaking. Can I be of some assistance?” The caller said in a hoarse voice‚ “Camp Mona’s a scavenger hunt and I’m the prize. You’re in the dark as Sherlock . . . . looking for me in all the wrong places. You didn’t bite the first time but will.” Cap: “We didn’t what . . . . wait! The Popo monitor said to Cap‚ “Not enough

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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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    grief-ridden. They can no longer be relied upon‚ or their hearts turn to stone and they lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong” (193). This quote was made by the elf Arya while she was consoling Eragon on feeling guilty about all the enemies he had killed. This quote was said when Eragon and Arya were traveling back to the Varden and just after the pair had escaped from a group of Galbatorix’s soldiers‚ but unfortunately they had to kill all of the soldiers so their whereabouts would not be

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    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’ in order to distinguish it from more

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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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    Quiet Kill Sherlock said‚ “Are you daft. Listen you ape‚ I’m confident after I do some checking‚ I’ll find there are so many solid files of your crimes . . . . that it’ll get you hanged at least 7 times along with 113 years of jail. The sad part is you are at such a young age and so many crimes. Furthermore‚ the rate you’re going‚ you’re a dead ringer to becoming the uncrowned king in the world of crime! Sadly‚ it’s a crime to break the heart of the one who loves you. So to‚ by changing the

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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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    Name: Vo Thi Huynh Nhu Student code: 7116773 Instructor: Truong Thi Kim Lien Literature and movies (XH541) Group 1 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

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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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    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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