Graham Green's The Quiet American Essay

In the essay, “The Rise of Daniel Clocker”, author Lois Green Carr interprets that Daniel Clocker wants to come to America to seek for his fortune in getting a labor job but in England the population was growing bigger and job opportunities were getting short each minute. He had a feeling that America offered more job opportunities for a young man to work. Carr concludes that he was seeking for an adventure and that he was only seventeen years old to go out on his own even though he is still a young teenager with some hopes and dreams of being a servant. In 1636, Clocker came to Maryland and became a poor indentured servant to work for Thomas Cornwaleys. Clocker wants to take advantage of the job opportunities in America to improve his

As a war narrative, Greene's novel introduces the reader to modern warfare, the French use of napalm, the local warlord in the form of General, the guerilla mode of the Viet Minh, predecessors of the Viet Cong. Fowler's witnessing of a dive-bombing of a sampan and a street massacre using bicycle bombs have strong contemporary resonances to "embedded" journalists and the Middle East situation. As a political document, it anticipates developments that have come to dominate global politics, especially the use by the US of the domino theory to justify intervention in Vietnam (as in Cuba and Chile). It reflects the Cold War focus on crushing communism and then the new colonialism of spreading a particular definition and form of democracy. As a character study, the novel develops a detailed portrait and makes a close examination of the psychology of men, competition and ageing. The love triangle brings this into sharper focus, but Fowler's reactions to Pyle reveal a kind of alter-ego relationship. Pyle sees Fowler as cynical but straight, which is not totally accurate in his desperate bid to hold on to Phuong. Pyle seems more self-convinced but also far from innocent. He dies for his cause, believing he protects both a woman and a country, but without the honor he naively prizes. He represents an agent and sets the precedent for state-backed terrorism - making it unsurprising that Noyce's film of The Quiet American was shelved in September

In Edward L. Hudgins article, What is an American?, Hudgins defines an American in ways I had not thought of before. Hudgins stated all these ideas about Americans being driven to do their best and meeting challenges head-on. I would like to think that being an American means everything Hudgins stated, however I think Hudgins is giving the optimistic answer of what being an American means. What Hudgins explains as being an American is what I believe most Americans were like when the country was first founded. The idea of taking risks and working until the risks paid off is one that most Americans do not believe because the possibility of actually achieve one’s dream is extremely less likely today than it was when the country was first established.

In my proofs I will show three compelling reasons while Robinson Crusoe should not be considered an admirable character.

The Vietnam War was a prolong struggle of communist faction forcing unification of north and South Vietnam. To prevent the spread of communism the United States allied with the South Vietnamese to fight back against the communist faction. The Vietnam War span over 18 years it was apparent that there was no way in winning the war. The U.S leaders lost the support of the American people in fighting a war we can’t win. The U.S leaders thought up and created an elite peace keeping force called the Green Berets. The Green Berets gained a lot of attention to the media through books, music, and movies. A compilation of short stories of the Vietnam War by Tim O’Brien is one of those books. In Tim O’Brien book

part because of the way he didn’t ever get too emotional and was somewhat of a

Describing a character can be a little tricky. But from a novel it can be a little easier

He was brilliant, even by Metamorphoser standards, and his actions were controlled by logic, which led to people believing he was cold-hearted. That was incorrect, as he loved Sidney, despite her not being as amazing as was expected. She was his daughter, and he loved her.

There are so many impressive places in New York City, but if I really want to choose a most favorable landscape in this city. That’s Central Park. In this city where everything is so fast paced and it seem everyone have pressures on their business and the stress of their daily life, but Central Park just like a beautiful and picturesque oasis in the middle of this city where people can go to relax, running, ice skate, jog and even though you can paint or sketch, lay on the chair to take a nap in the cloudy afternoon. For my personal experience, I like to take a walk in the central park when I’m free. Every time I have been to Central Park, it gives a comfortable and easy atmosphere around me. Regardless of the black guys performed some incredible street shows or some artists played their instruments. I like this place, because there's definitely a part of the park for everybody, so don't worry if you can't find your spot yet. I always can find a personal space I Central Park.

He ends up expressing his hurt through extreme measures of violence, which I promise I do not, however the way he bears his heart on his sleeve as far as his anger and hurt goes is something I really relate to. I’m personally not the kind of person who really gets angry and takes it out in a physical way, but I’ve found that when I read a character that show those emotions in such a literal way it helps me work through my emotions in a much healthier way. And then there is the other half of his personality, beyond the violent tendencies is a guy who has a strong love for his friends and family. That I strongly relate

     The setting of the book was in the Vietnam Era, most likely in the early

The United States must make hard decisions as conflict arises between the United States and the Soviet Union. After World War II, the US began to have conflicting views with the Soviet Union which caused a series of proxy wars, one of them occurring in Vietnam. The Soviet Union was trying to make Vietnam one of their satellite nations, a nation that is aligned and under the influence of the Soviet Union, while the US wanted to stop the Soviet Union’s influence on other nations. There were differing view on whether or not the US should intervene in vietnam. An illustration of these differing views is seen in Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American where Thomas Fowler, a british journalist, believes in remaining uninvolved in vietnam, while

He takes us profound into the brain of a keen, shrewd savage who utilizes his psyche as much as his physical ability to get the high ground and rise unscathed from generally encounters. Strip this away and we're left with a far less captivating character who maybe has space to "develop" in different

In another famous poem of his titled, ‘America’, Allen Ginsberg reflects on the rottenness pervasive in his native country. He manifests strong resentment over the post-World War US policy be it over nuclear bomb, or over Asian countries, or related to Communism for that matter. Ginsberg takes America to task for its hypocritical appearance. He claims that America may put up an exterior of ‘an angelic country but it resembles a devil from within. Its acts do not correspond with its exterior. It betrays not only the onlookers but its own people. The poem being conversational in nature, rather expressively manifests truly the emotions of Ginsberg and the likes of him relating to America .The irregular structure of the poem , further complements the theme of the poem since through this irregularity , Ginsberg is able to convey the frustration of the commoners over the dirty politics of their leaders.

Pham states, “I am a Vietnamese-American man” (10). This particular quote is an example of self-identity conflict. Pham feels disoriented about his identity. In many occasions, he feels trapped with the question “Where are you from”? because he feels American but people still do not accept him under that category. For the whole family, it was a drastic change, escaping from the Vietnam war trying to find a better life. During the course of the years, each member of the family had a drastic personality change. Each member adjusted to the American culture on the needs they felt were necessary. Thong (Andrew’s father) was extremely violent. He wanted his children to be very disciplined. His actions were considered normal in Vietnam; however, in America Thong was considered an abusive parent. He beats