The Quiet American is a novel written by British writer Graham Greene and it was first published in 1955 The story is set in Saigon at the end of the first Indochina war and portrays two different struggles which mirror each other in some ways and are complete opposites in others The first struggle is a romantic triangle which has formed between Thomas Fowler the British reporter his Vietnamese girlfriend i e Phuong and Alden Pyle who is the quiet American as suggested in the title However as t
Graham Greene s The Quiet American is a story about love The main focus of this love is from Pyle and Fowler to Phuong Through the novel Fowler and Pyle battle for this women s love but the reality is that Phuong s love is not obtainable The two men even speak of her in the third person which reflects their idea of her as an object Phuong sells herself to the highest bidder and is just looking for the best situation for herself Phuong s whoring personality is seen through her relationships with