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Essay / Historical Influences on Graham Greene - 1220
During World War II, countries like Great Britain used English authors as spies to receive information from other countries (O'Conner, Thomas P. "The Dangerous Edge - 1." YouTube. YouTube, December 12, 2013. Web. March 12, 2014). Graham Greene was one of these undercover spies alongside other authors like Kim Philby (Butcher, Tim. "Graham Greene: Our Man in Liberia." History Today, nd Web. March 11, 2014). In the process, Greene traveled to Africa to witness the slave trade in Liberia (Butcher, Tim. “Graham Greene: Our Man in Liberia.” History Today, nd Web. March 11, 2014). His travels overall transformed his moralistic, political and religious writings (O'Conner, Thomas P. "The Dangerous Edge - 1." YouTube. YouTube, December 12, 2013. Web. March 12, 2014). The British Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, worked hard during World War II. In the midst of their multiple projects was an anti-slavery movement. Liberia was experiencing controversial issues and MI6 wanted more information about them (O'Conner, Thomas P. "The Dangerous Edge - 1." YouTube. YouTube, Dec. 12, 2013. Web. March 12, 2014). Liberia was “a state born as a refuge for freed American slaves” (Butcher, Tim. “Graham Greene: Our Man in Liberia.” History Today, nd Web. March 11, 2014). However, there were allegations that Liberia was enslaving its own people (Butcher, Tim. “Graham Greene: Our Man in Liberia.” History Today, nd Web. March 11, 2014). The Anti-Slavery and Aboriginal Protection Society was responsible for correcting this problem (Butcher, Tim. “Graham Greene: Our Man in Liberia.” History Today, nd Web. March 11, 2014). Greene's sister, Elisabeth, worked for this organization and recruited Graham to the cause (O'Conner, Thomas P. "The Dang...... middle of paper...... from a biography of Graham Greene and an interview with him He continually took turns informing us about an event and then asking Greene questions about that event. It is divided into four separate parts due to certain Youtube rules. this film was cited on YouTube, I agree the information presented is accurate Although I discovered this film through other means, I was only able to watch it on the YouTube site. is a real production documentary in which Graham Greene himself presents information A Life of Graham Greene is a documentary about the life of Graham Greene Although this film is produced in the United States, it is about. his experiences as a spy for MI6, the British secret service. This film gave me an insight into Greene's expeditions from his point of view. I intend to use these ideas in my writing..