The Ugly American

by

Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer

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Louis Krupitzyn Character Analysis

Louis Krupitzyn is a Russian diplomat in Sarkhan and secret antagonist to Louis Sears. Krupitzyn demonstrates the total superiority of Russian diplomats over American diplomats in the story. Where Sears is unqualified and incompetent, Krupitzyn and his wife are well-trained, and they are experts in Sarkhanese language, culture, and customs. He lives in a modest home and operates largely unseen. Krupitzyn believes Sears is a valuable asset to the Russians because of his incompetence and encourages Communist newspapers to run flattering articles and cartoons about Sears, so that the American government will think he is doing good work and keep him in office.

Louis Krupitzyn Quotes in The Ugly American

The The Ugly American quotes below are all either spoken by Louis Krupitzyn or refer to Louis Krupitzyn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Failure of the American Foreign Service Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

“The American Ambassador [Sears] is a jewel. He keeps his people tied up with meetings, social events, and greeting and briefing the scores of senators, congressmen, generals, admirals, under-secretaries of State and Defense, and so on, who come pouring through here to ‘look for themselves.’ He forbids his people to ‘go into the hills,’ and still annoys the people of Sarkhan with his bad manners.”

Related Characters: Louis Krupitzyn (speaker), Louis Sears
Page Number: 29
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Louis Krupitzyn Quotes in The Ugly American

The The Ugly American quotes below are all either spoken by Louis Krupitzyn or refer to Louis Krupitzyn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Failure of the American Foreign Service Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

“The American Ambassador [Sears] is a jewel. He keeps his people tied up with meetings, social events, and greeting and briefing the scores of senators, congressmen, generals, admirals, under-secretaries of State and Defense, and so on, who come pouring through here to ‘look for themselves.’ He forbids his people to ‘go into the hills,’ and still annoys the people of Sarkhan with his bad manners.”

Related Characters: Louis Krupitzyn (speaker), Louis Sears
Page Number: 29
Explanation and Analysis: