pan> modernists are much the same. But Greene s pessimism and skepticism differ from those of the modernists . While their bitterness is inspired by a hatred of humanity, Greene s pessimism rests upon a deeply rooted sympathy for mankind. Unlike the modernists who are mostly interested in the description of the crime itself, Greene tries to investigate the motives behind the crime. He shows that people s bad qualities are the natural result of the cruel inhumane conditions of life. He reveals the corrupting influence of capitalist civilization on man s nature.is known as the author of psychological detective novels - entertainments , and serious novels - as he called them. The main themes of both genres are much the same, only in the serious novels the inner world of the characters is more complicated, the psychological analysis is deeper. His serious novels contain a penetrating treatment of psychological, social and religious problems. They reflect the moral bankruptcy of capitalist society and are consequently written in dark, gloomy colours. In these novels Greene often comes out as a severe critic of bourgeois society and an influential fighter against colonial policy.his novel England Made Me (1935) he exposes with great satiric forces the back-stage secrets of the black market and cosmopolitan big business. Feeling keenly the unhealthy tendencies of capitalist civilization he has created shocking and moving scenes in his novel Brighton Rock (1938). One of his most considerable post-war novels The Heart of the Matter (1948) Greene tries to prove that happiness is an impossibility for the sensitive man, that no one can arrange another's happiness. s well-known novel The Quiet American (1955) gives evidence of great changes in the author s world outlook. He has come to the conclusion that in the complicated present-day political situation an honest person cannot stand aside from social struggle.1961 Greene published one of his best, but at the same time the most contradictory novels A Burnt-Out Case. In this novel Greene has concentrated his attention on a complicated psychological problem - on the inner tragedy of a well-known Belgian architect who is not only disillusioned with his own life but also with the whole Western civilization.novel The Comedians (1966) is built up on two different and contradictory planes. One of them is the tragicomedy played by the middle-aged white colonial officials - a comedy characteristic of Greene-the-skeptic. The more important, new plane, however, is the serious one - the fight of the Haitian partisans against Papa Doc s regime. The scene is laid in Haiti, in the year 1965, when the relations between the US government and the local puppet regime became cooler owing to the uprising in Santo Domingo.other novels belonging to the serious category are: The Man Within (1929), The Name of Action (1930), Rumour at Nightfall (1931), It sa Battlefield (1934), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951 ), Our Man in Havana (1958), A Burnt-Out Case (1961), Doctor Fisher from Geneva or the Bomb Party (1980), J accuse (1982). novels classed as entertainments are: Stamboul Train (1932), A Gun for Sale (1936), The Confidential Agent (1939), The Ministry of Fear (1942), Loser Takes All (1955), Travels with My Aunt (1970). Quiet American. The action of Greene s novel takes place in Viet-Nam, where the French colonizers are waging a dirty war against the Vietnamese people. The main hero of the novel, Fowler, an English newspaper reporter, has lived long enough to get disappointed in life; according to him he has come to Viet-Nam to die. Although Fowler is married (he has left his wife Helen in England), he is in love with a Vietnamese girl Phuong with no intention to marry her. Events bring Fowler in close touch with Pyle, a young American, who is an American Intelligence Service agent. But their acquaintance does not last long - Pyle is murdered. Pyle s murder makes Fowler turn over in his mind all his intercourse with him.a newspaper reporter Fowler has always remained true to his principles - not to interfere with any events, but remain a neutral observer. He does not strive ...
