Love For Pyle Analysis

Eager Pyle represents the premise of involvement. Pyle teaches Fowler that “it’s not a matter of reason or justice. We all get involved in a moment of emotion and then we cannot get out. War and Love—they have always been compared’.” (Greene, 1955, p.144). Love for Pyle is about commitment and being proactive in the pursuit of love. Unfortunately, Pyle does not take into consideration Fowler 's desire to maintain his relationship with Phuong. For Pyle, “the keyword was marriage. Pyle believed in being involved” (Greene, 1955, p.21) and being in a loving, committed relationship. “He was absorbed already in the dilemmas of Democracy and the responsibilities of the West; he was determined –I learnt that very soon- to do good, not to any individual

Fowler’s description of Vietnam depicts different examples of his view of the country. He describes the beauty of “The gold of the rice-fields under the flat late sun ... the gold and the young green and the bright dresses of the south,” along with the darkness of the war: “in the north the deep browns and the black clothes and the circle of enemy mountains and the drone of planes.”(Greene, 1955, p.17). Fowler sees both the positive and the negative in the country of Vietnam and presents his knowledge of both. Fowler’s view of the beauty and positive aspects of Vietnam relate to Phuong and her outward appearance, although Fowler knows of her struggles and adversities in her past and present. In Fowler 's opinion, "She is the most beautiful girl in Saigon." (Greene, 1955, p.34). Once Phuong brought the letter from Fowler’s wife to her sister, the truth was revealed. Phuong’s sister, Miss Hei, translated the letter exposing the lie Fowler had told; the divorce was refused by his wife. Phuong did not say much the night before and Fowler was aware of that. “I noticed you were quiet. What a fury you might have been, but you’re Phuong – you’re no fury.” (Greene, 1950, p.123). Phuong’s silence symbolizes her country, Vietnam, because of their powerless behavior and actions along with their careless choices. Phuong is silent and relates to her country in that she lets others make important decisions for her. He does not recognize individual lives and instead he is only focused of instigating certain principles to the country’s civilization as a whole. The Vietnamese people only see their need of food and shelter rather than this political concept of democracy which Pyle is striving to put into practice. Pyle does not see Phuong as a person, but as a possession to change and protect; "a delicate