... novel, we observe Fowler's struggle of «engagement », in which he becomes tormented by making the right decision and taking sides. Here, DeVitis believes that Greene uses Sartre's branch of existentialism to define Fowler, because it "denies God and makes atheism the reigning philosophy governing individual conduct- (110). The essay further emphasizes on the fact that "idealism, when uninformed by experience, is ... whom he could say that he was sorry- (114). Although certain aspects of DeVitis' analysis seemed intriguing, my interest was centered on the existentialism part of the...

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