Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
- conflicts
- clash of ideology
- america = democracy
- third party
- young idealistic
innocents/naive
- pyle
- britan french = colonialism
- fighting against the viet minh.
- old colonialism
- coming in isnt going to change anything
- fowler
- want vietnam to run there way
- vietminh = communism
- attempting to take over vietnam
- relatable context
- 9/11 attacks
- cause
- Al-Qaeda apposed Americas political
economical and military support to
israel
- jews were killing islamic people
- osama bin laden
issued a fatwa on
america
- other groups joined and
attacked america
- nature
- open conflict in the middle east
(war on terror)
- effect
- many civilians killed from suicide attacks by terrorists.
many soldiers killed in actions. many civilians killed
caught in crossfire
- resolution
- there will never be an end as a clash of beliefs will always occur
wether its between countries, religous groups, races or
organisations.
- clash of inviduals
- love triangle
- fowler, pyle and phoung
- fighting over phoung
- doesnt agree with pyles views
- much like the war all fighting over vietnam
- quotes
- not getting involved
- 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. (fowler pg.28)
- "sooner or later.. one has to take
side. if one is to remain human."(Heng, pg.174)
- effects of war
- "irish stew containing too much meat" (fowler, pg.51
- "what i offer her is security and respect." pyle