• Analyzing the Love between Phuong and Fowler in "The Quiet American" as It Gradually Increases as Time Goes on

     

    Essays2 Literature

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Published: 16.01.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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In the world of literary novels and movies, one can always find a masterpiece that stands out due to its originality and its perplexing narration. For example, on the Memento official website, many words from the critics, especially the phrases "a psychological brain-teaser" or "intellectually novel film", attract the audience. The outstanding part of the Memento is its arrangement. It separates into two parts; the main part shown in color plays "backwards" from the "real" end of the story to the climax at the end of the movie; while the flashback shown in black-and-white which unfolds chronologically and stops right before the climax. The Quiet American is not as puzzling as this movie. Nevertheless, it echoes the this same structure of the "colored part" juxtaposed with the "black-and-white part." …

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