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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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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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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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 “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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something‚ it is when you are emotionally acting upon a ‘hinch’ that your brain gives you. When a character is given the title of ‘main character’ it is because the story is mainly about that character and their lifestyle. In the book “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Changez‚ the main character is often known as an outsider and feeling out of place because of not only his Pakistani background but also because of his personality and way of living. Though he is often called as an outsider‚ in the book
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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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(Islamic) fundamentalist‚ or does he become one in his rejection of American society? Is Hamid implying that America is guilty of economic and political fundamentalism? Is Changez rejecting the ‘fundamentals’ of Underwood Sampson- maximum profit etc? Nostalgia When does nostalgia become 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
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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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