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    “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry‚ is a great story. It is about two men who are great friends; they schedule a meeting so they can meet after twenty years‚ hence the title of the story. This story illustrates that people change but that does not necessarily mean in a good way! I had many friends when i changed schools and none of the friends i had changed in a good way‚ they now smoke and dress inappropriately. “After Twenty Years” really grabs the reader’s attention and O. Henry made a surprise

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    effective? What is lost and gained through the use of symbolism? The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel in which an American immigrant Changez is living a dream with a great job‚ money‚ and the “regal” Erica by his side. However after the 9/11 attacks Changez’s perception on America shifted‚ he was forced to question where his allegence lies and this developed into contempt for America. If you read The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid‚ and fail to dig below to the surface of the

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    Does Changez lose or find his identity through the course of the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist? Discuss. Identity is not something fixed once and for all‚ but rather in a state of flux. This aspect is well illustrated in The Reluctant Fundamentalist as the character of Changez (whose very name implies change) takes on different identities throughout the novel‚ rather than simply losing or acquiring a given one. He first becomes the quintessentially-American success immigrant story‚ believing

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    after the attack on the twin towers. In the novel The Reluctant Fundementalist by Mohsin Hamid the story talks about Changez. A man that is struggling to find his identity when living in a country that cannot love him back. While in the some of the sources such as “Did September 11 change everything by Marshall Cavendish” talks about how Middle Eastern americans feel while they cannot fit in into social America while being terrorized by everyday people. Most American feel that Arabs are the ones that

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    Changez change throughout the novel? The Reluctant Fundamentalist uncovers two failed love affairs‚ one with a person and the other with a nation. Changez - the brilliant boy from Lahore‚ who was brought up in a utopian background with a loving family yet who faced financial difficulty‚ manages to get into Princeton with a generous scholarship‚ and bags one of the most coveted jobs in the country at Underwood Samson with his sheer diligence. He embraces his new job and the huge change from Lahore

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    In The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ Mohsin Hamid uses a variety of literary devices to create the tone of confusion and agitation. By doing so‚ Mohsin Hamid also develops a theme of change. All these literary features combine to make an enthralling page-turner. One literary device used by the author to create restlessness in the reader is diction. The author intentionally uses words to create discomfort in the reader. “The twin towers of New York’s World Trade center collapsed. And then I smiled. Yes

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    Alessandra De AcetisMr. GellertENG4U0-A 9 September 2014 The Reluctant Student “Children have to be educated‚ but they have also to be left to educate themselves”-Ernest Dimnet. Grades do not make children educate themselves‚ but rather educate for the sake of good grades. Kids are not going to school to learn but are going to school to get good grades so that they can make their way into university to receive a well-paying future occupation. Students are ill prepared and uninformed about

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    THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST “It’s like I’m an oyster. I’ve had this sharp speck inside me for a long time‚ and I’ve been trying to make it more comfortable‚ so slowly I’ve turned it into a pearl.” ’The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ a ‘brief and charming story; a ‘seething commentary on the events of post 9/11 and the resentment it has created in the minds of non-western world for the way America has conducted itself after the attacks. A monologue narrated by a young bearded Pakistani man Changez

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ follows the journey of its protagonist‚ Changez‚ who tells the story of his time in America from being a student to chasing his American dream to watching the demise of the nation he loved post 9/11. Initially Changez was compelled to adopt the identity of a New Yorker and threw himself into the culture that so readily accepted him. The events of September 11 shook the nation that Changez so strongly felt apart of and he began to watch the great nation

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    destructive? Changez compares nostalgia to crack cocaine- How powerful is it really? And to whom? Identity What is the relationship between personal and cultural identity? Hamid is challenging the stereotype and suggesting that individual identity is far too complex to be understood easily. How does he do this? Appearances Appearances are not always what they seem- or are they? • Changez • Erica • America • Underwood Samson/Corporate America • The encounter between Changez and the American Who is misjudged

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