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        <title><![CDATA[Part of the irony is that the Americans best remembered are the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Part of the irony is that the Americans best remembered are the ineffectual Ambassadors and other men of power who cause trouble and are disdainful of the people of Southeast Asia, while the work of the &quot;good Americans&quot; goes largely unrecognized and is finally rendered ineffective because of the harm done by others.  Those who work for the benefit of these countries include the Jesuit priest Father Finian, who enables the...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is the irony in the title of the novel, &quot;The Ugly...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is the irony in the title of the novel, &quot;The Ugly American&quot;,  illustrated through characters/events in the novel?  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The "ugly American" symbolized the attitude of Americans who displayed...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The "ugly American" symbolized the attitude of Americans who displayed their arrogance when working or living in other countries. These Americans didn't understand or respect the local culture of the people and didn't address the real needs of the people. The book was written to point out the failure of the U.S. to defeat Communism in Southeast Asia during the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union.

All of the character are used to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:18:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How are characters used in the Ugly American. Are they used in unique...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How are characters used in the Ugly American. Are they used in unique ways? It seems like for every type of character there is an opposite.]]></description>
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