Tag: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

• Finding Home

  Changez’s Changing Opinion Towards His Home in Lahore             In The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, Changez struggles to find his identity as a Pakistani man living in New York post-9/11. When he takes some time off of work to visit his home in Lahore, he notices a shift in his attitude towards his home.…

  dhanashree

  April 7, 2022

  Literature

  9/11, home, Lahore, Mohsin Hamid, New York, Pakistan, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

• Assimilating Imperialism

  “I lacked a stable core, I was not certain where I belonged in New York, in Lahore, in both, in neither—and for this reason, when she reached out to me for help, I had nothing of substance to give her… I had been willing to try and take the persona of Chris, because my own…

  dhanashree

  April 7, 2022

  Literature

  9/11, capitalism, Film, Literature, Mohsin Hamid, New York, Pakistan, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, US Imperialism