The Reluctant Fundamentalist Study Notes

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| The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid | English Exam Revision 2013 | | | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 Key statements about the text 4 Intention of author 4 Characters 4 Themes 4 Key Scenes 4 MAIN CHARACTERS 5 Changez 5 DESCRIPTION: 5 HOW THE CHARACTER CHANGES 6 QUOTES 6 The American 7 DESCRIPTION 7 QUOTES 7 Erica 9 DESCRIPTION 9 QUOTES 9 Jim 10 DESCRIPTION 10 QUOTES 10 Wainwright 10 DESCRIPTION 10 QUOTES 11 Juan Bautista 11 DESCRIPTION 11 QUOTES 11 KEY SCENES 12 Valparaiso, Chile 12 Manilla, Philippines 12 Pak Punjab Deli 12 Pretends to be Chris 12 Smiling at 9/11 attacks 12 New found view of Lahore 13 Greece 13 The man in the parking lot 13 A lover of America 13 Growing a beard 13 CHARACTER CONNECTIONS 14 MAJOR THEMES 15 Self destructive nature of empires 15 Nostalgia as an agent of destruction or a balm to ease pain 15 Homeland as a non transferable concept 16 The many faces of fundamentalism 16 Foreignness as subjective and therefore universal 16 Predator Verses Pray 17 Setting 17 | INTRODUCTION Key statements about the text The reluctant fundamentalist deals with themes relevant on a global scale and chronicles the rise and fall of Changez’s brief and torrid love affair with the American empire, and explores the notion of the self destructive nature of Empires. The novel additionally traces the dynamic relationship between two unlikely cafe-mates, Changez and the American. The novel is a one sided conversation symbolically forcing America to hear the other. The readers perspective, bias and vies of the world will determine if they associate with Changez or the American, or both. Overall the novel tries to explore the notion of stereotypes ad therefore causes the reader to question and challenge their own views, and perhaps

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