The fiction of Graham Greene often deals with the confusing clash of ideologies and The Power and the Glory and The Quiet American are no exception to this. In this essay I will consider the centrality of these twinned adversaries. First I will outline how Greene constructs the dynamic of the relationship between the twinned adversaries, and secondly, I will consider the motives behind Greene's use of twinned adversaries in both novels.

The Quiet American deals with the instable situation in Indo-China in the 1950s - a time when French involvement in the country was coming to an end following disastrous setbacks, and before the Americans had become directly involved in the war. The novel focuses on the relationship between the young, idealistic Alden Pyle and the worldly British war correspondent, and narrator of the novel, Thomas Fowler. Zadie Smith says in her introduction to the novel, ‘in The Quiet American' personal motivations are linked to their political mirror twins'......

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Title: Centrality Of Opposites In The Novelsof Graham Greene
Approximate Word Count: 1550
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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