19 April 2011 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Journal Entries (Pages 1-50) After reading for a few pages‚ it seemed almost as if the main character of the book‚ Changez‚ implicates the reader (us) as the person who he is talking to‚ and I thought that was a unique aspect of this book‚ unlike many other books. The American man that Changez is actually speaking to‚ I thought it was very strange how he was wearing a full suit‚ especially in a place like Lahore where the weather is extremely humid
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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 of the
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The book The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid follows the life of Changez‚ a Pakistani man who comes to the United States in search of opportunity. After the September 11th terrorist attacks‚ he finds that he is viewed differently by Americans. Changez serves as an example of the tensions existing in Pakistan between Islam and modernity in a global setting. In this paper I will argue that the state used religion to serve political needs in Pakistan’s birth‚ development of its government
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Chapter 5: The Reluctant Fundamentalist Homework Why is the interaction with the hostile driver in Manila significant? This interaction is significant because it is the first time that Changez sees himself as the rich‚ stuck-up‚ corporate American working man rather than a Pakistani in another country. It is due to the look of disgust he sees in the eyes of the driver that he realizes who he has become. He even tells people‚ upon being asked where he is from‚ that he is from New York‚ despite
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“I had changed; I was looking about me with the eyes of a foreigner.” How does 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
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Explain the importance of the setting and atmosphere in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Marilyn ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ is essentially a novel about one man’s tragic relationship with a country. The main character Changez is a Pakistani student who builds a very strong relationship with America. But as Changez says ‘…it is not always possible to restore one’s boundaries after they have been blurred and made permeable by a relationship…’ ; he starts to realize that his relationship with America
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‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid opens in a tea house which locates in Lahore‚ Pakistan. Changez‚ who is the protagonist recounts his life in America and the changes he had gone through in his American Journey. The use of an extended monologue makes readers view events through Changez’s perspective. Readers can also see that Hamid used a lot of parallel to present America‚ and Changez’s relationship with America also shown by these parallels. Initially‚ the company Changez works for
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Crossing Dangerous Borders Mira Nair on ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Mira Nair’s ‘Reluctant Fundamentalist’: The director Mira Nair discusses her latest film‚ “The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” By FRED KAPLAN Published: April 19‚ 2013 It seems far-fetched that “The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚” Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 best-selling novel‚ would be turned into a movie. First‚ there’s its narrative structure. A young man greets an American tourist in a cafe in the Pakistani city of Lahore and proceeds
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feeling warm inside. Nostalgia is the sentimental longing felt when reminiscing on the past. It is not a feeling of melancholia but more of a bittersweet sentimentality for what once was. Nostalgia has been widely used to describe many conditions but has just recently been modified to describe a positive experience. The word nostalgia was first coined in the 17th century. The term was used to describe the medical conditions of Swiss mercenaries who longed to return home. Nostalgia soon became a name
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of approaches to reaching consumers in the advertising of a product. As humans we all have a bittersweet longing for things‚ persons‚ or situations of the past. This statement simply defines nostalgia. Marketers and Advertisers use nostalgic advertising to connect with their consumers. The use of nostalgia as an advertising approach has been pushed by numerous trade publications as an extremely effective and persuasive advertising tactic. Advertisers connect their brands by using words‚ pictures
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