Pro-Communist Novels

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This paper explains that Graham Greene?s ?The Quiet American? and Andre Malraux?s ?Man?s Fate?, both novels, take different positions against communism. The author points out that, although highlighting the positive side of communist principles and criticizing the capitalist beliefs harbored by ?naive? Americans, the primary goal of Greene?s book is to denounce the U.S.?s so-called peace initiative in Vietnam. The paper relates that, on the other hand, Andre Malraux believed that only communism could save the poor from exploitation by the Nationalist groups in China.

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"In Greene's book, the central characters Pyle and Fowler are symbolical representatives of their respective countries? policies. Pyle is young and full of naivet? just like America, while Fowler is more or less impartial like Britain as Mr. Heng once says, ?Mr. Fowler, you are English. You are neutral. You have been fair to all of us.? Pyle is neither so neutral nor so fair in his assessment of Vietnamese politics. Like American leaders, he innocently believes that a "Third Force" can resolve important Vietnamese political issues. However, it is important to understand that author has used innocence as a synonym for ignorance here."

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