Cover design by Mehak Zarak Bari COVER STORY: “Naya Pakistan = NeoLiberal Pakistan” by Sania Sufi…………………………..3 OPINION: “Honesty is the First Chapter in the Book of Wisdom” by Bilal Mohsin.………….6 POET’S CORNER: “MY Mind Says” by Abu Bakar Attique……………………………………………..6 HUMANITY: “Memoirs of a Palestinian Kid Under Israeli Occupation” by Mehrunisa Ijaz…7 MOVIE REVIEW: “V for Vendetta” by Taimoor Vakil……………………………………………………8 ART WORK: “Reading Each Day Keeps Illiteracy Away” by Adiba Ashraf ………………………8
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In Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West‚” Saeed and Nadia face this dilemma when they are forced to run away like animals from their home. In the duration of the story‚ they had to find a way to maintain their humanity. This proves to be something hard during time of war‚ but not impossible. Taking a different point of view can help maintain someone’s humanity‚ human necessities remind people of being human‚ violence is not a true human quality‚ and love reminds people of their humanity. Mohsin Hamid argues
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monologue. Discuss the effects of this narrative structure. 808 words ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid uses the narrative technique monologue‚ which is a long uninterrupted speech of a character directly addressing another character or the audience. The use of monologue facilitates Hamid’s viewpoints to go across the reader effortlessly. The effect of the usage of monologue is that Hamid engages the reader directly drawing them into the narrative by the creation of a nameless American character
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principles. Then the term of being a reluctant fundamentalist is somewhat an ironic term in this context‚ because our main character is a person who is not sure what beliefs he should adhere to. The novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is written by Mohsin Hamid and was published in 2007. Our main character‚ Changez‚ struggles to find his identity between being an American or Pakistani through certain events in his life. The main character‚ Changez makes his home in the prestigious world of New York
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have a terrible life and fail‚ but poverty actually helps people to strive for more. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Arnold goes to Reardon because he wanted to be better‚ in The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Changez goes to Princeton to get a good job so that he can support his family and live a good life‚ and in “The Balek Scales” by Heinrich Böll the Grandfather investigates the legibility of the scales to get more money. Changez‚ like most people
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The novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid‚ follows the protagonist Changez’ journey through American business fundamentalism. Hamid utilises a plethora of surroundings that convey specific feelings‚ throughout the novel to heighten the emotions felt by Changez. This is first evident through New York City’s drastic change from optimistic to hostile‚ following the 9/11 attacks‚ which correlates with Changez understanding himself. Further as Changez is through his travels exposed to difference
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authors who have spent time in America examine this divide between the Americans and immigrants. In their novels‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid‚ both Hamid and Kincaid utilize American immigrants’ outsider view to demonstrate how Americans have an attitude of privilege that alienates non-Americans. Whereas Hamid uses Changez‚ an upper middle class Pakistani man‚ to focus on how privilege contributes to arrogance‚ Kincaid uses Lucy‚
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against Arabs and Muslims‚ which spread through the entire nation. This resulted in many Muslims becoming victims of “public suspicion and surveillance‚ sweeping governments actions‚ hate crimes and harassment” . Six years after the events of 9/11‚ Mohsin Hamid published his novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”‚ which describes the influence of these terrorist attacks had on
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futile search for the American Dream (the idea that any person can achieve material success and therefore “happiness” through hard work) and reveals the comparisons between glittering illusion and harsh reality. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid also explores the themes of enchantment and disillusionment. Changez tells of how he became infatuated with America/ Erica and then grew disappointed and disillusioned by them. This mirrors Gatsby and Nick’s pursuit of individual dreams that fascinate
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scholarship as a justification‚ or simply turn away from the large issues involved and concentrate on domesticity and the business of living as in Ian McEwan’s novel. The paper goes on to consider the impact of 9/11 on a Pakistani-American writer —Mohsin Hamid— who is torn between his admiration for things American and his fascination with the terror miscelánea: a journal of english and american studies 42 (2010): pp. 125-136 ISSN: 1137-6368 Mohan G. Ramanan attack on 9/11 and its impact on
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