The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Chapter Three Review Complete the following cloze summary by filling in the appropriate word (or words). Chapter three begins with Changez directly addressing the American again. He comments on the American’s ______________ and then describes the way Old Anarkali becomes a pedestrian-only area in the evening. He then says that when he moved to New York‚ it had felt like coming home. He gives several ____________ why he had felt so comfortable. When he was
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It was whilst reading The Clockwork Orange that I met a protagonist who as unapologetically evil and I was fascinated‚ it led me to discover more literature that dealt with the darker side of human existence; literature that explored the transgressive and subversive. My curiosity for the morbid and dark only grew through my reading of novels like American Psycho‚ Frankenstein‚ Naked Lunch and Lolita; novels which tried to describe something wholly alien yet contain something I found familiar. Unlike
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opening indicates the importance of the character we are about to meet. By using punctuation to imitate the mind of the narrator‚ the reader is able to identify his psychotic tendencies immediately; this shows the nature of the unreliable narrator. Through the constant varied use of punctuation Poe is able to establish a realistic representation of the impulsive behaviour of the narrator. The use of exclamation‚ commas‚ hyphens and dashes portray the actions of the murderer and advertise Poe’s conscious
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Mohsin Hamid’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” focuses on the consequences of the “9/11” attack in America on individuals and society as a whole. The main character‚ Changez‚ changes significantly as the story unfolds. At the beginning‚ he is depicted as a ‘lover’ of America and is determined to become wealthy‚ even though he is not entirely at ease. After the destruction of the World Trade Centre and the subsequent racist assaults‚ his attitude changes dramatically and he becomes embittered and disillusioned
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depression faces. As readers we see the mindset of a teen as he‚ or she‚ takes their nightly walk to KMart. Along the way we come to ask ourselves‚ “Who is the narrator”and most importantly why have they not sought help? When reading Nightwalk you get a general synopsis of the narrator. Through analyzation I’ve come to the conclusion that the narrator is a boy dealing with depression. Upon reading you see that he is someone who clearly struggles with depression and has suicidal thoughts regularly. For
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Amontillado”. First‚I would like to state that both of these stories are riddled with irony. The narrator in each is played to be a very untrustworthy‚ sneaky person who we are not intended to totally trust. In “The Black Cat”‚ the narrator starts out telling the reader some background information about his life and leads into stating that he himself is not crazy. In the introductionto “The Cask” the narrator starts off plainly saying that this person‚ Fortunato‚ has wronged him and he vows to get revenge
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Parvathy Harilal The Tell-Tale Heart- A Murderous Paranoia. In the novel‚ “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator is in denial of his own madness and claims throughout the story that he is not insane. The theme of this story is dark and can be attributed to the tragedies Poe experienced in his life. Right from the beginning of the story the narrator tries to convince himself‚ and the readers that he is not insane. However‚ he ends up doing the opposite. As the story progresses
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the 1930s to the 1950s to tell the story. Within this framework‚ she creates a distinct narrative voice in a number of ways. There is much debate over who the voice is. One might argue it is the consistent and overarching voice of an omniscient narrator who can relate to the plot as a whole‚ moving back and forth with temporal autonomy between present time and future. This corresponds to the narrator’s heavy use of prolepsis in the novel. Others may argue that much of the narration seems to be filtered
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Brother Dear Short story written by Bernice Friesen Pg. 25 “Brother Dear” features a young female narrator recounting her brother’s visit home from university and the family conflict that results. Read the first three paragraphs of the story. 1. With a partner: Read the first three paragraphs of the story. Identify whether the narrative is written in first‚ second‚ or third person. ____________________________________ Who is speaking? _________________________________________________________
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