Changez is not the only outsider in The Reluctant Fundamentalist- every character is an outsider. Discuss. Mohsin Hamid’s dramatic monologue, The Reluctant Fundamentalist tells the story of a young Pakistani man who is consumed by the status of America and becomes immersed in the American way of life. However it is through his recount that we are able to see that he is not the only outsider, but similarly his work colleagues and his one true love are outcasts in their own right. Changez’ failed persistence to fit in and adopt the American culture causes him to waste many years of his life as an outsider.
He used John to show the struggles that African Americans experience in America trying to find their identity. He draws attention to the conflicting forces that pull them in all directions. This novel he wrote has been and is important to African American who are struggling with their identity. “Go Tell It On The Mountain” shows truly the obstacles and hurdles African Americans who are trying to install their own identity. It tells them that finding their identity is worth it.
While Living in New York (The New World), Baldwin was fearful of his surroundings. He was unable to cope with the racial tension, and the lack of intellectual stimulation around him. As stated in this quote “we have a very deep-seated distrust of real intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope it does that myth of America to which we cling so desperately). An American writer fights his way to one of the lowest rungs on the American social ladder by means of pure bull-headedness and an indescribable series of odd jobs. He probably has been a “regular fellow” for much of his adult life, and it is not easy for him to step out of that lukewarm bath.” The society of the new world was one of intellectual bondage, preventing a writer from reaching their full
But what the villagers do not know is that he never wanted to kills his son. In fact, he feels horrible about it. Okonkwo falls into a deep depression some days after Ikemefuna’s death. Okonkwo and Unoka are truly polar opposites. However, just like his father, Okonkwo is always at odds with the values of the people of the village.
The Chrysalids Essay In John Wyndham’s novel the Chrysalids David and his group of friends have to run from the expectations of society to be normal. David and his group of friends have special abilities that no one finds normal so they have to keep it from the community. David struggles with the internal and external conflict about what he is told is right and what is wrong with the discrimination all around him, in his community and even in his family. This important to know because it teaches people about discrimination and what it is like to be discriminated, or live in a discriminated community. David feels discriminated because he is different; he is not a person of the norm.
When Sonny’s father receives his son’s phone call, he lashes out at him immediately. There is barely any space for Sonny to explain himself to his father because his father is so upset with him. Both characters are too stubborn and alike to realize the thoughts going on in their own heads. They lack self-awareness, which is why the conversation between the two went the way that it did. In this scene we found that both characters lack self-awareness.
Holden feels depressed from the prior events in his family, and no longer has the desire to learn or strive to be successful. Holden feels distant from his family, and needs their loving care. After a rough childhood, Holden just needs someone, like Phoebe, there for him. He needs love and support from his family, and their sending him to boarding school to fend for himself is not a good idea. Holden can’t find a true friend in anyone, and he is trying to fill the hole that his brother’s death left in his life.
TWO CHARACTERS FROM EAST IS EAST 1. Mr Khan is the head of the family and although he loves his family, he cares more for his own image and dignity than their happiness. He has conflicts in his mind that his family may never be able to fit into the Pakistani culture and way of life considering that his British wife has raised his kids in a western way. Mr Khan, expects his family to follow Pakistani ways, but his children, who were born and grew up in Britain, see themselves as British and reject Pakistani customs of dress, food, religion, and living in general, leading to a rise in tensions and conflicts in the family. He has conflict in his mind that his family can never fit into his community, he also feels pressured to fit into his community hence he forces his family to adapt to the culture of the community for example, having to persuade his wife to carry out circumcision on his son on discovery that the youngest son Sajid was accidentally not circumcised as is preferred in Islam, Sajid is promptly taken to the hospital to get circumcised.
However, this is undermined as Raimond grows and feels the need to form his own identity, rebelling against the world of his father. “I covered the book and wrote a provocative title… ‘Elvis Presley… Devil or Liberator?’… My father saw it when he came home and tore it up. How could I have written it? Was this what I was coming to?” The repeated nature of Raimond’s rhetorical questions highlights the cognitive dissonance that exists between the formation of his own sense of self, and the need to conform to his father’s world. The implication of this is a persisting uncertainty and unease in the household.
Jhumpa uses emotional diction in “I hate the name Gogol...I’ve always hated it” to show that Gogol could never accept his birth name given to him by his father and hopes change his name to ‘Nikhil’ in order to easily reject his parents values and culture and live a life without any attachment to it. Gogol changed his name since it was a foreign name which was linked to his father and wanted to avoid it and not belong. The use of symbolism of American life in “discovers Brian Eno and Elvis Costello and Charlie Parker” is to depict that Gogol wants to be like young Americans and connecting with them by listening to their mainstream music. Adapting to a different culture rather than Gogol’s own is distancing and shedding his Bengali heritage. The irony of his situation in “Without people to call him Gogol… he will cease to exist… Yet the thought of this demise provides no sense of victory” is that a simple name change will not change his Bengali heritage but “there is nothing, apart from his family” in which he feels secure.