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A 4 page analysis of the film and book “The Ugly American” written by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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These relations can come in the form of tourism and in international business, as well as in politics and other forms of international interaction. Americans are often seen as arrogant
and presumptuous individuals who feel they are better than others. In Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederers book "The Ugly American," and the film based on the book, the audience
is presented with conditions during the 1950s and 1960s as it involves relationships between Asia and the United States. It is a fictional account of relationships, but still presents the
audience with very real conditions. The following paper examines and analyzes the book and the film. The Ugly American For many foreign countries ugly American is a term
used, as mentioned, to illustrate how controlling and arrogant Americans can be, especially in relationship to global politics. In this book the Americans are determined to see that this one
small region not succumb to communism, for the Americans feel that their ideals are the correct ones. In addition, they do not take the particular culture into consideration, or the
people in the culture and as such they come off as incredibly arrogant and presumptuous. In addition, when help, seemingly genuine help, is offered the Americans still come off
as arrogant as they play up the fact they are noble and helping. In "The Ugly American" the authors note, "Hordes of United States press agents-all on the government payroll-swarmed
to Rangoon to shout from the housetops about what a wonderful thing United States aid was for Burma....the people never saw it" (Lederer; Burdick 146). These are the realities of
American international involvement and these are the realities that indicate how arrogant and self-congratulatory the American people can be. They are also clear realities only found in the book, and
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