The Quiet American

The question of whether or not The Quiet American is anti American or not is simple. If you choose to believe that our government would never dare to lie to you or would never do anything to deceive you and gives you all the facts without misleading you yes you would see it as anti American. I do not see it as anti American or pro American, instead I see it as a novel and a film that seeks to explore the fact that there are realities of war that we do not see or hear about. Take for example Apocalypse Now, the film sought to explore the gruesome realities of war and what the happens outside of what we hear about. We can also relate this to the current situation going on in Iraq, it seems that those who are against the war are considered un-American and those who are gun-ho about it are seen as being patriotic and pro-American.
It seems to be that Warring Fictions criticizes the fictions written about the Vietnam war and attempts to explain that there......

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Title: The Quiet American
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