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The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Important Themes

Conclusion

- Relatable: Identity

- Preconceptions

Loyalty

Identity

- Cultural, religious and social differences.

- Underwood Samson

- College: Princeton

- Old fashioned manner

- 9/11

- Accept differences

- Foreigner vs Accepted

" I was a servant of the American Empire at a time when it was invading a country with a kinship to mine..." (Page 173)

- Erica, Underwood Samson, America, Pakistan

- America: "Everything is possible"

- 9/11

"I lacked a stable core. I was not certain where I belonged". P. 168

- Education & Political activism

What is Fundamentalism?

"Sticking to a basic set of principles and often showing no tolerance for other views"

- Religion

- Economic and cultural aspects

- Economic and political fundametalism

- Underwood Samson: Economic fundametalism

" Focus on the Fundamentals"

- U.S: Political Fundamentalism

Nostalgia

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

"A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past".

- Written by Mohsin Hamid

- Pakistan

- Erica

" She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself ".

- Story: Dramatic monologue between main character Changez and an American stranger.

Tells his life story about his work at Underwood Samson, Pakistan, his love for America, Erica etc.

- Nostalgia = Unhealthy

- Many important questions and themes

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