Monday, June 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Honors 12 The Quiet American Guide
Part II
1. What is Pyle’s cover story for being in Vietnam? How does he attempt to disguise that he is an agent? What do we know about his family?
2. Fowler’s association with opium appears again in the opening of Part II. What does this reveal about his character?
3. How is Phuong characterized in the first chapter of Part II? Are there any symbolic associations with her name?
7. What are the attitudes of Fowler and Pyle about Politics, Love, and God in the tower scene in Chapters 2-3?
10. Describe Fowler’s dream in 3.3. What does it mean? Is there symbolism in it? Describe the nature of the relationship between Pyle and Fowler at this point in the novel. On how many levels does the relationship exist?
Part III-IV
2. What is the difference between being a reporter and a correspondent? How does Fowler become engage'? What are the differences in his attitudes about the Bicycle Bomb episode (3.2.1) and the explosion in the Place Garnier (3.2.1)?
5. What is Fowler’s reaction to Vigot’s last visit (4.1)? Why?
8. What is Fowler’s condition at the end of the novel? What was the pattern of his development throughout the novel? What is the last line of the novel? Why is it important?
9. Why are images of sight and vision so important in the novel?
1. What is Pyle’s cover story for being in Vietnam? How does he attempt to disguise that he is an agent? What do we know about his family?
2. Fowler’s association with opium appears again in the opening of Part II. What does this reveal about his character?
3. How is Phuong characterized in the first chapter of Part II? Are there any symbolic associations with her name?
7. What are the attitudes of Fowler and Pyle about Politics, Love, and God in the tower scene in Chapters 2-3?
10. Describe Fowler’s dream in 3.3. What does it mean? Is there symbolism in it? Describe the nature of the relationship between Pyle and Fowler at this point in the novel. On how many levels does the relationship exist?
Part III-IV
2. What is the difference between being a reporter and a correspondent? How does Fowler become engage'? What are the differences in his attitudes about the Bicycle Bomb episode (3.2.1) and the explosion in the Place Garnier (3.2.1)?
5. What is Fowler’s reaction to Vigot’s last visit (4.1)? Why?
8. What is Fowler’s condition at the end of the novel? What was the pattern of his development throughout the novel? What is the last line of the novel? Why is it important?
9. Why are images of sight and vision so important in the novel?
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