The Ugly American Character Analysis

David is a 12 year old boy from a small town called Bentrock in Montana, David has a very confined personality, in other words he has to watch what he says or does because of the name he was given at birth as a Hayden- a very respectable name in his home town as his father is the sheriff, Uncle a doctor and his grandfather like his father was sheriff also.

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) imperatives are a refined and instrumental group of attributes that SOF relies on to accomplish difficult missions with minimal oversight and resources. SOF operates in an environment much like the one described in William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick’s fictional novel “The Ugly American.” I will illustrate how the “The Ugly American” characters, who embodied the SOF Imperatives were successful and how the absence of the SOF imperatives led to failure. I will then quantify that illustration, with a personal experience using the same imperatives to support my assessment of the characters.

While written as a fictional book, William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick wrote Ugly American with the goal to stimulate thought and possible action. They wanted to illustrate fatal flaws in American policy and the actions of American representatives throughout the world. Written in 1958 the book’s examples remain relevant. SOF must understand they are representatives of the United States whenever deployed. Often American representatives believe money is the only motivation of the countries we support. Many of the people representing the United States overseas are incredibly intelligent but they match that intelligence with an unprecedented level of arrogance. United States SOF provides a unique capability to American leadership. The

Arrogant, is a common term used to define American foreign policy and American representatives throughout the world. The NY times, Japan Times, and Foreign Policy, to list a few, provide articles supporting the idea. William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick wrote The Ugly American, as a fictional expose and indictment of American foreign policy and many American representatives. Published in 1958, the book provides lessons in American missteps that are as relevant now as they were in the past. American representatives, specifically Special Operations Forces (SOF), can be a strength or weakness of the perception of American policy. The SOF imperatives provide a framework for SOF to follow while conducting operations in support of American

American diplomats, soldiers, and business men use their experiences and knowledge daily to further US foreign policy abroad. The characters in The Ugly American succeeded or failed in moving the US foreign policy forward due to their personal talents and experiences. In this paper, I will compare, and contrast my experiences with the character narratives from The Ugly American. I will use Special Operations Forces (SOF) Imperatives as a metric for comparing, and contrasting each selected character. I will briefly discuss each character, their actions that coincide with a SOF Imperative and my past experiences in the similar realm. Each character discussed in this paper understood and implemented concepts similar to the SOF Imperatives.

Throughout Vietnam's long history, in result of western colonialism, plenty of western powers have always been implementing what was best for the Vietnamese people. Being that, when the Indochina war erupted in Vietnam it lead the French to evacuate, which resulted in Vietnam being its own independent country. Tensions between both North and South Vietnam started to build over which government should be established, communism or democracy. Paired with the book The Quiet American, a novel based on the conflicts and perspectives of both Pyle, a character that represents America and Fowler, a character who represents the colonial powers getting involved with Vietnam. Between both the characters, Pyle wanted to benefit from Vietnam, while Fowler

“Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.”

Mark Twain combines two distinct time periods in his novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Born in the 19th century, character Hank Morgan wakes up one day to find himself in the 6th century. Morgan quickly takes advantage of his newfound place in a primeval society and establishes power through the introduction of technology. Some critics believe that Morgan’s desire for power leads to his corruption. Two notable critics, Arthur Shattuck O’Keefe and Jane Gardiner, bash Morgan and see through his lies and make-believe, asserting how the Yankee ruined his own vision of bringing the 19th century to the 6th century. As a whole, Morgan’s arrogance and hypocrisy leads to both the growth and eventual collapse of his ideal, utopian society.

Willie understands his family history, roots, culture, and heritage from his father’s story. However, he could not admit that his second name is baptized after the famous English writer Somerset Maugham, who toured Willie’s town in the years before Independence . Willie thus possesses only half a name. The novel seems to bring to light Wilie’s father’s wish that his son should imitate the whites, since he bestowed him half of a white man’s name. Willie can apparently see the gap between the colonial’s imitation of the colonizer and his longing to search his identity in a chaotic world. He is aware of the cryptic nature of his mimicry. However, he becomes a “mimic man,” the person, how people expect him to be, just like Ralph Singh in The Mimic

The character was insecure about how she looked. Mainly because of the fact that the other girls on the playground said she didn’t eat enough food, she was called skinny bones and disliked the school for this reason she didnt have a lot of friends. The main reason she wanted to go to school was because of a boy named eugine who moved in next door over the summer. She didnt know him but she looked out of her window and staried it was almost like she was stalking him. She had went around the schools asking qeustions ab the boy to try in run into him. Eventually she speaked to him. You could tell he liked her. They were skinny bones and hick. To sum it all up the main characte was an outcast who didnt fit in, had insecurities,

Chief America has several forces, however non-of those forces are a major ordeal contrasted with other Marvel characters. He has super quality however not as Hulk, his insight isn't near Iron Man's knowledge and he makes them recuperate controls yet he isn't interminable like Thor. Chief America's significance is for the most part a result of his character. He is likewise an impact in numerous chronicled clashes. The part of this character is simply be the pioneer, not only a commander, but rather be with his accomplices battling for what's correct.

Poultry plays very important role for mankind through food supply, income and employment generation, providing raw materials to some industries, facilitating research works etc. Family poultry makes up to 80 percent of poultry stocks in low-income food-deficit countries (Pym et al., 2006) where owners raise poultry in small numbers ranging from single birds up to a few hundred.

The novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper is a story during the French-Indian War; it follows Hawkeye and his group in mission of escorting the Munro sisters to their father in Fort William Henry and the different hardships they meet along the way. As for the novel by John Rollin Ridge's, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, recites the story of the famous Joaquin Murieta and his band as they run wild across California during the American Gold Rush; narrating the rise and fall of the mexican “Robin Hood” bandit. In the both the novels by Cooper and Ridge; each have a scene where our protagonist demonstrate loyalty and power, Hawkeye disguised as a bear and Murieta disguised as a lawyer, exhibit what is an essential characteristics necessary to be considered an “exemplary man” for society.

Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, depicts a middle class main character who is transported back into sixth century Camelot with no real understanding of what should be done to benefit himself or the people around him. Hank Morgan’s character later cons his way into being seen as this all-powerful being, that eventually plays into an overarching theme within the narrative; Hank’s reliability and struggle with power and/or authority. This character had brought some criticism towards Twain’s overall political beliefs and his reflections on how American and/or old England struggled to be progressive or bring about a great change. Some of the critiques were that Morgan exploits and oppresses the people of Camelot, instead of remaining a campaigner for equality and a political revolution. Although, Twain’s Connecticut Yankee is well-known for its take on a time traveling narrative, the criticisms that it faces with Morgan’s character is his overall battle with power and authority, as well as his reliability.

The setting of the novel 1984, by George Orwell, is set in London in 1984. During the war against Oceania and Eastasia all the children and adults had jobs at this terrifying event. Nobody paid attention to anything. Not even all the chaos building around the society and themselves. Everyone believed the proles were gonna be the heros and protect them. They didn't even care about all the new changes to the society. Some of them probably didn't even notice. They just went on with their lives. The only person that realized what was happening was Winston and Julia.