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    definitively recognizable or known is their identity. A person’s behavior‚ his/her background‚ the inevitable bits and pieces of his/her nature and history sown together make him/her who he/she are. Changez is the protagonist of the Novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid. His character is complex and diverse from the rest. It is volatile and his perspective of his identity is irresolute. By this I mean that his understanding of who he is constantly being altered through the course

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    Organizational Behavior Case: Too Nice To People John has just graduated from the college of business administrator at state university and has joined family’s small business. Which employs 25 semiskilled workers. During the first week on the job‚ his grandfather called him in and said‚ “John I’ve has a chance to observe you working with our employees for the past two months and although I hate to‚ I feel I must say something. You are just too nice to people. I know they taught you that human behavior

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    Is Changez ‘reluctant’ as the title suggests? In Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ the Pakistani protagonist‚ Changez‚ is not reluctant like the title suggests. Hamid illustrates through Changez’ persistence in being unhesitant how it‚ consequently‚ negatively impacts the people around him. In his determination to be with Erica Changez forces her to think of him as her deceased boyfriend‚ Chris‚ emphasizing his eagerness to be with her. Hamid uses first person monologue‚ and shifts

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    Post 9/11 Biases in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid’s‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ follows the story of a high status Muslim American named Changez as he lives through the hardship of prejudices held on Muslims in the early 21st century. This passage comes in the wake 9/11 and illustrates the biases that most Americans held on Muslims post 9/11. The words that Mohsin Hamid uses in the first sentence set the tone for the passage and setup the story he later tells in the passage: “Yet

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    relationships. We will have to learn to live with multiple roles‚ where the role mix changes frequently. And we will have to find the income we need in such unstable and unpredictable conditions • The most difficult aspect of being laid off or otherwise “dejobbed” – The hardest part of being laid off is the mental aspect.” In the long run it will probably be the psychological aspect of dejobbing that people find most difficult. Incomes are modular and portable; they can be replaced. Replacing

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    Inquiry Essay The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ is the sad story of a young man going through an identity crisis. The novel revolves around a Pakistani man‚ Changez‚ who just graduated from Princeton University. In the beginning Changez receives a high paying job at a firm that values other companies‚ and also falls in love with a girl‚ Erica. His life seems to be going well until the sudden attack on the twin towers causes the whole country to go against his culture and race. The

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    stupid and harmful is‚ “People don’t change.” Although everyone has ingrained personality traits‚ we aren’t held captive by them. Believing that we can’t change encourages us to accept our weaknesses. How many people with substance problems claim they aren’t capable of stopping? It’s much easier to continue a harmful behavior when responsibility is placed on an outside force like genetics or an “addictive personality”. Saying people can’t change is the same as saying people can’t learn. When you learn

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    English Essay: The Reluctant Fundamentalist Task: Compare novel and movie. Describe similarities and differences. Try to find reasons for the changes. The film “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” based on Mohsin Hamid’s book written in 2007‚ is quite similar to the novel. However‚ there are some aspects that were slightly modified‚ completely removed from the storyline or added to the movie. In both novel and movie‚ the main character Changez is a prodigious student from Pakistan who

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    Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows the journey of a young Pakistani man and his journey after moving to America in search of the American dream. Changez is in a minority group when moving to America and is a clear outsider however he is accepted into American meritocracy and given the opportunity to become ‘a successful American’. Though he tries to fit into what he believes a successful American should be‚ through changing his identity according to the standards of society‚ he is

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    4UI Ms. Coe October 16‚ 2013 Symbolic Minor Characters The importance of the minor characters in the novel is to create a complex and multilayered tale using characters as symbols adding a deeper meaning throughout the novel. In the novel the reluctant fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ the author uses characters symbolically to create depth within the story. Erica‚ who is loved b the main character‚ is used in many aspects to symbolize America. Erica who the main characters(Changez) meets and

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