Vietnam
Throughout both novels and the movie watched thus far, at least one or more characters live in constant struggle because of their western beliefs. In the novel Blood Brothers, by Pham Van Ky, the narrator after studying in France for ten years, is faced with returning to a community which he no longer accepts. Secondly, Jean Baptiste in the movie, Indochine, is faced with falling in love with a Vietnamese girl. Their relationship causes him to leave the French navy, an organization he had dedicated his life to. Finally, Pyle an American foreign correspondent is killed in Graham Greens novel, The Quiet American, because of his actions based on his western beliefs. Western beliefs played an important role in the lives of both the characters that have accepted them and those who were in contact with them. When the narrator in the novel Blood Brothers, returns home from studying in France for ten years, he is quickly placed in a dilemma. It is not long after his return when he starts to feel different in his community, a community where his father is the governmental leader. The narrator no longer follows the views of his father. The narrator now follows the western beliefs he has developed in France. There is a t
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Approximate Word count = 1164
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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