A character’s sketch of Fowler.

This is no simple tale, although it can be read as one. It works on many different levels. In its simplest form, this is a story about two foreigners in Indo-China: a middle-aged British reporter, and a young idealistic American. They involve themselves in two main plots: one concerning the French Army's battle with the Vietminh, and the second, concerning the two men's relationship with a native woman and the subsequent fight for her affections. On this level "The Quiet American" , works as an effective thriller. But there are all sorts of other subtexts and subtleties going on here.

I would try to make a sketch of Fowler’s character. But, I suppose, it will be extremely difficult, because Greene portrays the characters in the novel in a manner in which they are extraordin

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Eventually we all have to choose sides, take responsibility for our decision and cope the inevitable consequences. But when she left, he confessed to himself that he was terribly afraid of loneliness. He doesn’t believe in God, only death is his absolute value in life. arily complex and passionate beneath their seemingly quiet exteriors. And there is an irony of fate in the Fowler’s wish to be neutral. And for me Fowler is one of the most engrossing literary characters I have ever read. " "Oh, I know your motives are good, they always are. Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world meaning no harm. And that applies to your country too, Pyle. Innocence always calls mutely for protection, when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it. He is the repressed British man who enjoys the control he has over the small world around him.

I suppose that Fowler is a self-critical and (perhaps you won’t agree) rather naive person. I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.

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