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Watch The quiet american movie and answer 4 questions

Questions:

1) Summarize the historical context of the movie, connecting it (the historical context) with specific passages from our readings in Heidhues and the Lawrence text (include page numbers from the readings). What I mean by ‘historical context’ is, for example, what is happening in Vietnam at the time the movie is set, what countries are involved and why, what is going on ‘behind the scenes’ and so on. This section should be the longest of your responses at about 200 words.

2) Early in the movie, after Pyle and Fowler have just met, they are walking down a street in Saigon and Pyle is saying that Vietnam needs ‘democracy.’ What is Fowler’s reaction to this statement, and who does he say would be elected if Vietnam had a democratic election?

3) What happens when Fowler journeys up to Phat Diem and goes on patrol with French soldiers? What does he see, and whom do the French soldiers blame for what has happened? What is Fowler’s response re: where to place the blame?

4) Who is General Thé, and what is Pyle’s/the U.S.’s relationship with him and his so-called ‘Third Force’?

5) After the movie has ended, reflect back on the three main characters. Graham Greene clearly intended the characters to symbolize larger themes, i.e. Pyle representing America and American attitudes, Fowler representing Anglo-European ‘old ways’ and colonialism, and Phuong representing Vietnam. Discuss each character’s attitudes, motivations, and behaviors in terms of the larger symbolism of their respective roles.