THE QUIET AMERICAN
‘Alden Pyle is dangerous, but he does not deserve his ultimate fate.’ Do you agree?

In ‘The Quiet American’, the Alden Pyle character is exceedingly patriotic to America and somewhat unrealistic in all that he does throughout the film. Pyle seems to be naive in thinking that he will be able to save an entire country, Vietnam, which at the time was embroiled in an intense battle between the French and communists. He believed that by establishing a third force in the country, it would assist the Vietnamese into gaining control and bringing peace back to the land. With Pyle's mind stuck on one side of the war, his innocent yet dangerous intentions steered him to an early death.

This film explores a variety of concepts which relate to political power such as communism, colonialism and democracy. In the beginning of the film, Alden Pyle arrives in Vietnam with a fixed perspective on his good yet idealistic intentions. Pyle represents the Quiet......

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Title: The Quiet American: Alden Pyle
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