The two were obviously distant and yet Victor fulfills his duty as a son and picks up his father’s remains. One could argue that he went only for the truck and the few hundred dollars his father had in the bank, though he did feel some kind of love for his father. This is proven when Victor admits that although he does not want to go into the trailer where his father died, he must because “there might be something valuable in there… pictures and letters and stuff like that” (419). The mundane tone Alexie uses emphasizes the sad routines one follows after a loved one dies; life continues. Alexie’s use of transitions between the present and memories of the past represent the memories that often pervade one’s mind when the experience a loss.
Changez’ continual determination shows us that he is never accepted by those around him. Hence he must continually prove himself in order to feel accepted even though he is an outcast. Before the events of 9/11 the narrator states that Changez “was never an American, but I was instantly a New Yorker.” Initially Changez feels comfortable in New York, a very multicultural place, yet as a result of September 11, New York loses its identity and independence and becomes a part of America again, and with it Changez loses his sense of belonging. Furthermore, through one of Changez’ epiphanies it is made clear that he is in no way similar to his American colleagues. “I felt at that moment much closer to the Filipino driver than to him.” It is through this epiphany the author demonstrates that Changez has never really been adopted as an American.
For example, when a male give someone promise, he should try the best to keep his word and maintain a good credit. Let me bring up another example, man should also be responsible to their family. Personally, I think a man should have a job and earn money. It is not a must to be a breadwinner, but at least man should do some contribution to his family. Another major factor that I think a man should have is tenacious.
Outsider In his novel THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST mohsin hamid explores changez attempt to make a life for himself in America. While at first he is successful at Princeton and then in securing a job with a well-respected American firm, the reader becomes aware that he finds it increasingly difficult become he is marginalized as an outsider. As he strives to live the American dream, seeking money and status, he begins to question his own values and those of American society. This self-examination triggers such a crisis of identity that he rejects the persona he is trying to fabricate. ‘I did not know where I stood on so many issues of consequence; I lacked a stable core.
The conductor of the discussion then chastises him, saying that he only has what he has today because of the benefits the Homestead Act gave to his family that was denied to other races, that his father received help from the GI bill that other races could not as easily access. From this additional reading we see that McIntosh is not the only person who believes that white people are responsible and need to do the grunt of the work in giving up what we have to help other
And the receivers arent getting what the senders think they are getting which causes a lot of confusion and extra, unecessary turmoil. And what is a CID man. They said he comes in every now and then but they dont explain who he is and what he is doing there, just that he
However, during a series of psychologically confronting events, Changez’s understanding of his inner world is gradually transformed, and he eventually accepts that he belongs in Pakistan. His love affair with the"dream"-America is over. Nevertheless, it is a long and arduous task for Changez, as he seeks to discover a sense of his own self and of the internal connections between his personal and political ideology. Changez's life journey encompasses his understanding of the need for spiritual development.As a"reluctant fundamentalist", Changez is forced to strip back the layers of his personal and professional life to see his situation with more clarity. This new clarity also reveals something fundamental about America that he, and perhaps readers, must come to terms with in the course of the novel.
To obtain his initial power he travels to America as a “lover of America” and “focus[es] on the fundamentals” whereas, finally he refuses to be a “modern-day janissary, a servant of American empire” and as anti-American in Pakistan “[his] days of focusing on fundamentals [is] done”. In Pakistan, Changez is trying to make his “concerns about money and status things of distant past” and he looks at dignity and position as power in his personal life, as he believes that status in any traditional, class-conscious society “declines more slowly than wealth”. Therefore, obtaining a scholarship for Princeton, he travels to America and involves himself in Underwood Samson as a financial fundamentalist, valuing cultural elements. Changez being well-paid and gaining Princeton’s prestige, he achieves this initial goal, yet his experiences and his political maturity causes him to feel “powerless” and even “angry at [his] weakness” when he visits his family in Lahore. In America, Changez falls in love with Erica and is enjoying his powerful life as “immediately a New Yorker” for four and a half years.
* Changez deliberately gets fired from Underwood Samson & Company because he fundamentally opposed to Underwood Samson’s ethos of ‘maximum efficiency.’ The American * The American is never named. * The American has the appearance and instincts of a ‘seasoned army officer.’ * He has a fancy cell phone. * He is contacted everywhere and replies with a text message. * He reaches for the bulge in his jacket when he feels threatened or nervous. * The American sits back to the wall and is always watchful.
The story starts with exposition which precedes the introduction but neither of those don't tell us anything about the main point. The author is presented as an observer of everything that had happened. He seems to know everything but he doesn't tell us anything about the main point of the story. He lets us guess it. In the beginning when reading the story we have no clue about what is going to happen next, in fact we get to know about the ^^ ^ ^y problem of this story only in the very middle of the text, even little bit later.