the entire nation. This resulted in many Muslims becoming victims of “public suspicion and surveillance‚ sweeping governments actions‚ hate crimes and harassment” . Six years after the events of 9/11‚ Mohsin Hamid published his novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”‚ which describes the influence of these terrorist attacks had on
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people to eliminate these negative stereotypes by embracing their culture. The two novels i.e. The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Persepolis were all written for the same purpose. They both highlight the culture conflict of Muslim people because of a Western culture that is affecting the dynamics of their lives in various ways that they cannot be able to comprehend. In the Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ it is basically a monologue whereby the lead character Changez‚ go to the USA for an academic scholarship
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Chapter 1! 1. Changez claim’s that he is American as he has short cropped hair‚ expansive chest which are typical for americans and because of his ‘bearings’. ! ! 2. “I have access to this beautiful campus‚ I thought‚ to professor who are titans in their fields and fellow students who are philosopher-kings in the making.”! “Princeton made everything possible for me. But it did not‚ could now‚ make forget such things as how i enjoy the tea in this‚ the city of my birth‚ steeped long enough
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ESL TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY – The Reluctant Fundamentalist The novel is presented in the form of one man’s monologue. Discuss the effects of this narrative structure. 808 words ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid uses the narrative technique monologue‚ which is a long uninterrupted speech of a character directly addressing another character or the audience. The use of monologue facilitates Hamid’s viewpoints to go across the reader effortlessly. The effect of the usage of monologue is
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setting up of this hegemonic force is calculated so judiciously‚ that it seems justified in itself. Thus‚ this force hovers around the globe today and influenced every individual from every society. Nevertheless‚ in this novella‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ we shall also looks at how the protagonist‚ biologically a Pakistani guy‚ is being trapped in the web of hegemonic influence of America. The protagonist of the novel‚ Changez‚ has a very common view as that of the masses about the West‚
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Poe does provide a narrator who claims he is not mad but there is signs that provide he is going crazy. In my opinion this makes him an unreliable narrator. We as a reader are not able to trust everything he saying to us since he is saying something but doing another thing. Although we can conclude he is crazy because since the start he said he loved the old man but his eye was evil. He is trying to justify the reason he murdered this old man. Yet‚ there is no justification for killing that old man
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Unreliable Narrator Essay Gothic literature intends to thrill readers leaving them confused‚ or to dwell on the thought that there is something beyond us. Two widely known gothic literature authors and their works are “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. Poe and Bierce not only write gothic literature‚ but both authors utilize unreliable narrators in their works to their advantage. Poe and Bierce had different intentions for the effect
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The Cask of Amontillado In the horror story The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe ‚the author‚ made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s
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analysis of the two diverse novels- Don DeLillo’sFalling Man (2007) and Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) will help to explore the ideas and misconceptions that rule us at a personal level which in turn contributes to our public outlook. Post the 9/11 attacks‚ there has been a dramatic change in the way the world views the Muslims‚ the “perpetrators”‚ and Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist perfectly captures the transition of New York after the attacks. Falling Man on the other
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“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” – Where to belong? An analysis of the relationship between Erica and Changez & Changez’ development What is a reluctant fundamentalist? To be reluctant is to have feelings of aversion. A fundamentalist is one who holds on to any set of principles. Then the term of being a reluctant fundamentalist is somewhat an ironic term in this context‚ because our main character is a person who is not sure what beliefs he should adhere to. The novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”
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