Hamid also addresses the idea of nostalgia breeding superiority, nostalgia for a time when Pakistan and not America dominated the world, has led Changez to feel resentment for the new power and to maintain a view of cultural superiority. Further instances of nostalgia within ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ include; the relationship between Chris and Erica, Erica and Changez and all three of these characters in relation to American and the sensibilities of the old, the new and the third worlds. Changez through yearning for a bygone era of Pakistani superiority becomes trapped in nostalgia and unable to progress. To Hamid, nostalgia is a state of mind best left unattended, a state which engulfs its inhabitants and destroys any chance they may have had of moving forward and living an illustrious life or continuing to better themselves. Through the use of allusions Hamid illustrates to the reader the extent to which Changez is nostalgic towards a past that happened over a thousand years ago (I still need to find the quote though I believe its 3,000 years ago) and how this same nostalgia has trapped him inside of a world of nationalistic fundamentalism and has led to him holding a resentment of others and a feeling of cultural superiority.
In early stage, Jack’s affection for Fran is merely manifested through his obsession and fondness in her hair, such that “he might stop loving her if she [cuts] it” (334). The fact that Jack and Fran are isolated from the society furthermore reveals and suggests the difference in attitudes between the couples. However, in contrast, what Bud values are sentimentalism; Bud accepts and embraces any imperfections his loved ones have, such as Olla’s “most crooked, jaggedy teeth in
This group, including both men and women, became known as the "Lost Generation". These people, represented by the characters of the novel, struggled to integrate themselves back into society, so they tried to escape their seemingly hopeless lives by following the philosophy that if you left where you were from, you left yourself. The traditionally accepted ideals of morality and gender roles were shattered, and the setting helps Hemingway achieve his purpose of expressing his statement on gender fluidity. Hemingway's use of similes throughout his book The Sun Also Rises is apparent and is used to convey his message about postwar situations. The narrator, Jake Barnes, states, "Brett was damned good-looking.
To what extent does Changez’s failed relationship with Erica mirror his relationship with America? Through his novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, author Mohsin Hamid provides readers with two unique tales of a man’s relationship with a country and a woman, and shows them both crumble as though mirroring one another. This ‘mirror image’ becomes evident as each relationship passes through three significant stages. In the beginning, Changez is extremely happy to be living his American dream and is subsequently quite pleased with his budding relationship with Erica, however, as time progresses Erica is taken by a nostalgia in the same way America is. Moreover, both relationships Changez holds reach an end at the same place and time by means of a series of epiphanies.
However the failure of Hardy’s pilgrimage, similarly to Orpheus’, is inevitable, as Hardy is visiting the place in order to leave his courtship but by looking back at the hillside Hardy experiences the precious memory of his angelic wife Emma. Hardy also experiences the journey of reminiscing and how idealistic and romantic their relationship was, “Something that life will not be balked of”. The adjective ‘Fading’ suggests increasing distance and fading light and therefore the lessening importance of present reality. The word “Fading” also suggests the time f day being dusk, which has connotations of death. The words “drizzle…bedrenches” are negative onomatopoeias which present use of pathetic fallacy to suggest a sombre and melancholic mood to the poem.
Tuesdays with Morrie Essay Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, is an elaborate storyline of the relationship and values of both Mitch and Morrie, colored by disease, struggles, and family. This experience forces Morrie to find acceptance through detachment, and appreciate even the smallest things in life. In Morrie’s quest to accept his nearing death, he consciously “detaches [himself] from the experience” (Albom, 52) while suffering his violent coughing attacks. Morrie realizes that he is primarily the bridge between life and death, and feels it is his duty to share his experience with the world. Because of Morrie, Mitch became a whole new person.
NOSTALGIA Throughout the novel, Erica’s nostalgia towards Chris is so strong that she then lacks in life. She cannot be intimate with Changez unless he pretends to be Chris. This nostalgia consumes her until eventually, she retreats so far on her own that she can no longer function in society. Erica’s nostalgia is represented as a sickness that overwhelms both body and mind. Erica’s nostalgia also reflects the United States’ own idea with the past after September 11.
He was known however to add twists to the endings of his short stories and poems to produce a chill of ironic horror in the reader, which is notable in "The Son's Veto" as Randolph rides atop his mother's hearse on the way to her final resting place as the route leads past a mourning yet snubbed and rejected--by Randolph, not by Sophy--Sam, the grocer. Having said this, it is possible to identify ridicule of class prejudice in the character and role of Sophy's son, Randolph. He is raised to be like the Vicar, his father, and, like him, to disdain Sophy's country upbringing and lower class ways and dialect. Though Sophy was tutored by the Vicar to have more sophisticated city-like ways, the country girl still lay at the heart of Sophy's dialectic speech and understanding about life, at the heart of her world view, if you will. When Sophy tells Randolph that she intends to accept Sam, the grocer, as her husband, Randolph flies into a fit of horrified emotion because Sam isn't a gentleman as society defines it, which was by wealth and family background and not by manners anto define it today.
I grow older” (Pound, line 18; 23-25). The Merchant’s Wife describes nature in a sad tone despite her seemingly happy love in her marriage. Their relationship is described that their marriage was not a matter of personal choice, and that the husband reluctantly went away on a long journey. Nevertheless she worries about her husband’s journey, “You went into Ku-to-yen, by the river of swirling eddies” (Pound, line 16). At the same way she confirms her anguish “Please let me know beforehand/And I will come out to meet you/ As far as Cho-Fu-Sa” (Pound, lines 27-29).
The juxtaposition of Heaney wife to a street roaming skunk is full of wonder. In contrast, Montague’s love poem ‘all legendary obstacles’ presents the theme of ‘love overcomes all’ the poem points out reasons of why the pair should not be together, such as the legendary obstacles that lay between. Montague rhymes off problems the speaker and his lover are facing. A long imaginary plain, a ruck of mountains and a flood lay between him. But still we see by the end, these ‘legendary obstacles’ were abolished, and love prevailed.