The Quiet American Research Task History of Graham Greene and The Quiet American Centered on a common theme of politics and twentieth century moral dilemmas‚ Graham Greene’s work as an English writer‚ playwright and literary critic is famed for coalescing ‘serious literary acclaim with widespread popularity’. Greene often chooses to emphasise Catholic religious beliefs‚ as evident in Brighton Rock and The Heart of the Matter. His writing style and personal life were both markedly affected
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After World War II‚ the Soviet Union gained East Germany from the Treaty of Versailles‚ allowing communism to spread to other countries and creating the Iron Curtain. The expanding influence of communism became a threat to the United States and their values during the Cold War‚ when Vietnam became a proxy war to contain communism in the First Indochina War. Fowler‚ a non-intervening British reporter living in Vietnam‚ meets Pyle of the Economic Attache‚ representing the United States to aid French
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Analysis of a Quote from The Iliad Theme: Fate Quote: “One more thing-take it to heart‚ I urge you You too‚ you won’t live long yourself‚ I swear. Already I see them looming beside you-death and the strong force of fate‚ to bring you down at the hands of Aeacus’ great royal son… Achilles!” (p. 440‚ Book 16) Homer‚ Robert Fagles‚ and Bernard MacGregor Walker. Knox. The Iliad. New York: Penguin‚ 1991. Print. Context: This quote is taken from the end
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Insight to Quiet American For those who haven’t read the book‚ its both an odd love story and a metaphor for American involvement in Vietnam. The hero‚ Fowler is a washed up‚ middle aged‚ English war correspondent‚ content with his opium pipe and his Vietnamese mistress‚ Phuong. His world is gradually disrupted by the arrival of an American covert operative named Pyle who is both a zealous ideologue and naïve optimists. Things get complicated when Pyle steals Phuong away from Fowler‚ yet attempts
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the calendar. There should be a minimum of TWO direct quotes per theme. Then‚ explain how this text supports the noted theme. This question should be answered in 3rd person limited point of view with direct quotes cited properly in MLA format. Please see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ for assistance with this. Freedom: Quote 1: “Sailing across the bay to the Cheniere Caminada‚ Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast‚ whose chains
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PART I--What the scripture quote means to me: “The poor will always have with you” (Mark 14:7). This quote implies to me that we are all poor in some sense (money‚ family‚ emotions‚ job‚ home…). That we carry the burden of this with us and that we must work to overcome this and enrich ourselves and others. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s‚ and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17). This quote tells me that a ruler can only control and hold certain things‚ likely possessions
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anti-social person. As it stated in the story “the only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly‚ deeply uninteresting people.”(John Green‚ Pg:4). This quote proves how he really didn’t have basically any friends. Miles shows in this quote how he was independent at school and really wasn’t interested in making friends. The two people that showed up really weren’t Miles friends since he said they were “deeply uninteresting people”‚ he just considered
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¨He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. ¨ (pg.6) is one of the quotes from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story‚ is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book‚ it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough.
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Civil Disobedience My favorite quote from the first couple of paragraphs was‚“ I think we should be men first‚ and subjects after.” I believe Thoreau’s thinking behind this quote was men were treated as government’s projects‚ instead of being themselves. From this quote the reader is able to see how men had no freedom and were treated like slaves of the government. They were forced to do things the government wanted them to do‚ instead of doing things they liked to do. Thoreau also shows that
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Othello – important quotes 1.1 * Roderigo to Iago‚ saying you had my purse / As if the strings were thine * Iago: I know my price‚ I am worth no worse a place * Othello‚ described by Iago as loving his own pride and purposes * Iago describing Cassio’s skills: mere prattle‚ without practise‚ / Is all his soldiership. * Iago tells Roderigo that Othello has seen Iago fight At Rhodes‚ at Cyprus and on other grounds / Christian and heathen * Iago on serving Othello: I follow
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