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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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    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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    In The Reluctant FundamentalistMohsin 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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    How does Hamid employ symbolism throughout the novel? Is his use of symbolism 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

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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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    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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    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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    have been the predominant concern of Mira Nair. Her perceptive‚ generous‚ inquiring films have pursued issues that the older‚ more reserved‚ less politically engaged Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala team held back from. Based on a well-regarded novel by Mohsin Hamid‚ this schematic film interweaves two narratives in 2011 Lahore. In the present a Jewish-American journalist‚ Robert Lincoln (Liev Schreiber)‚ known for his sympathetic approach to Pakistan‚ is sent to interview a leading pro-Islamic intellectual

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    It is Changez’s shifting identity that creates the main interest and tension in the novel. Do you agree? Throughout Mosin Hamid’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” there is a continual undercurrent of tension‚ with the main point of focus centred on Changez’s shifting identity. This being said‚ Changez is not the sole focus of the framed novel‚ with a mix of character’s actions and emotions building up the rise in tension. As the novel is told to us through the words of Changez‚ he is obviously considered

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist Alexandra Murphy Choose a novel in which one of the main characters struggles with identity or the culture of the environment they live in. Describe the character’s situation and go on to discuss how it adds to your understanding of the character and the central concerns of the text. In Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist’‚ the main character‚ Changez‚ struggles to feel comfortable with his true identity throughout the novel. Through Hamid’s use of characterisation

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