Study Guide

The Quiet American Characters

By Graham Greene

Getting on in years, cynical beyond repair, and uninvolved in people's lives as much as he can...

Everything we know of Pyle we get from none other than Thomas Fowler himself. Despite calling...

Fowler himself admits that he might not understand Phuong, his young lover. He certainly doesn't...

Vigot is the French police officer charged with investigating Pyle's death. Well, investigating...

A warehouse owner and his assistant, these two men have evidence that Pyle is arming General...

An Indian man, Dominguez is Fowler's assistant who does a lot of Fowler's job. He's a humble man...

Miss Hei is Phuong's sister who works for the economic attaché as a typist. She wants a...

Move over Joe the Plumber, Joe the Economic Attaché is a diplomatic official from the U.S....