reflection of themselves” (“Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Junot Diaz Tells Students His Story‚”2009). Does Diaz’ sentiment exude love and compassion? The answer to this would probably be highly contentious. Interestingly‚ in Moshin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ the narrator‚ Changez‚ echoes a similar sentiment when he says‚ “ It seemed to me- then- and to be honest‚ sir‚ seems to me still- that America was engaging only in posturing. As a society‚ you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain
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“Why does Changez feel out of place in both America and Pakistan?” Mohsin Hamid’s first-person novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” details the fictional story of a young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street‚ and suddenly finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American dream and the unrelenting tug of his ties to his homeland. After being inducted into the corporate world of America when beginning work at Underwood Sampson‚ the novels protagonist‚ Changez becomes
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Value Of Pakistani Culture Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people belonging to different races. These people include the white Huns‚ Persian Arabs‚ Turks‚ Mongols‚ and various Eurasian
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veil‚ is astonishing. Through looking at the works of Leila Ahmed’s A Quiet Revolution and Sadek Hamid’s “The Attraction of Authentic Islam‚” this spread of traditional values proves to be true and surprising at the same time. Salafists are fundamentalists who strive to retreat back to the traditional ways of Islam. Hamid’s article discusses Salafism and its effect on Islams in the early 90s until present day. The article explores why these young British youth are embracing this kind of Islam. The
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Victorian Certificate of Education 2011 ENGLISH (ESL) Written examination Thursday 3 November 2011 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours) TASK BOOK Section Number of questions A – Text response (Reading and responding) B – Writing in Context (Creating and presenting) C – nalysis of language use (Using language to A persuade) 20 4 2 Number of questions to be answered 1 1 2 Marks 40 30 30 Total
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid English Exam Revision 2013 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Key statements about the text The reluctant fundamentalist deals with themes relevant on a global scale and chronicles the rise and fall of Changez’s brief and torrid love affair with the American empire‚ and explores the notion of the self destructive nature of Empires. The novel additionally traces the dynamic relationship between two unlikely cafe-mates
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priority. With the coming to power of Islamic fundamentalists in 1992‚ women’s right to full participation in social‚ economic‚ cultural and political life of the country was changed and later on denied by the Taliban. Women were deprived of the right to education ‚ of the right to work‚ of the right to‚ of the right to health care‚ of the right to legal recourse ‚ of the right to recreation‚ and of the right to being a human
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choose their partners for marriage‚ have a public life‚ but most importantly‚ most women are denied the right to a basic education. Much of this change in women’s rights began with the rise of the Taliban in 1996. This was a Muslim group of fundamentalists in Afghanistan. The Taliban caused the highest women suffrage anyone had ever seen. Under their rule‚ eighty-seven percent of women were illiterate‚ only thirty percent of girls had access to
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4. History of Pakistan | | | 30th September 1947 | Pakistan become member of UN | 26th October 1947 | Kashmiri Maharaja acceded to India which Lord Mountbatten accepted on behalf of India | 27th October 1947 | India air-lift its troops to Srinagar and lauched a full scale attack on Kashmir | 1948 AD | First Pakistan India War | 1st January 1948 | India took Kashmir dispute to Security council | 1st April 1948 | India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks‚ causing a
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Entangled Pakistan and War on Terror At eight forty-six Flight eleven crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre (Board). Sixteen minutes later Flight number‚ one seventy-five‚ impacted the South Tower (Board‚ George Washington University). American Airlines Flight seventy-seven dropped on the Pentagon at nine thirty-seven (Board‚ George Washington University ). On eleventh September 2001 two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven people died (Glazier). It marked the worst terrorist
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