Critics

Question 1

Robert Hoskins

Answer 1

Pinkie views life as a “series of tactical exercises” which shows his ambition but also his failure

Question 2

A.A. Devitis

Answer 2

Greene’s newfound Roman Catholicism gives meaning and coherence to the narrative

Question 3

Sebastian D.G. Knowles

Answer 3

Pinkie’s message on the gramophone establishes that the gramophone is like death, a solitary object to be experienced alone