Thomas Fowler

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Thomas Fowler is a jaded British journalist in 1950s French-colonial Vietnam whose cynical worldview and moral ambiguity drive the political and romantic tensions at the heart of Graham Greene’s novel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
journalist
novel character
appearsIn The Quiet American NERFINISHED
associatedWith British press
characterTrait cynical
jaded
morally ambiguous
conflictWith Alden Pyle NERFINISHED
createdInYear 1955
creator Graham Greene NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Quiet American NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Quiet American (1955 novel) NERFINISHED
gender male
involvedIn First Indochina War (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryGenreOfWork political novel
romantic drama
war novel
medium literature
moralRole morally compromised observer
narrativeFunction first-person narrator
narrativePerspective subjective
nationality British
occupation journalist
politicalStance cynical about politics
roleInWork protagonist
romanticRelationshipWith Phuong NERFINISHED
settingPlace French Indochina NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
settingTime 1950s
themeConnection colonialism
moral ambiguity
political conflict
romantic rivalry

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The Quiet American mainCharacter Thomas Fowler
The Quiet American narrator Thomas Fowler