Monday, February 11, 2019
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Essay -- Ethical Issues, Religious Fanati
Fundamentalism is a strict adherence to a set of ideas or beliefs that ar cautious in nature. It is a pejorative term usually associated with religious fanaticism. Usually, this is what comes to estimation when there is mention of a fundamentalist. However, in Mohsin Hamids The Reluctant Fundamentalist star the protagonist Changez, a Pakistani Princetonian who is a top-ranked employee at a esteemed New York valuation firm, turns out non to be an Islamic fundamentalist, notwithstanding a reluctant fundamentalist of US Capitalism. Hamid challenges readers to reevaluate their preconceived notions and prejudices of spate different from themselves in post 9/11 America by employing the use of motifs, aphorism, and suspense, to create a conflation of corporate culture and violence in the form of an allegorical frame narration. This story not only proves applicable in historical contexts pertaining to the United States and their involvements in past wars, but in like manner in con temporary settings, as in the current ongoing wars. simply put, history repeats itself. The story takes place within the span of a day, as Changez approaches an American in the district of Old Anarkali in Lahore, Pakistan. He invites the American to have tea with him, which eventually leads into dinner and continues on into the late even while he recounts the events of his life which has led up to their fated encounter. The story is told in the second-person narrative, meaning the voice of the American is never heard, but his reactions are implied and guided by Changez. In this way, the audience plays an interactive part in the story, enabling the reader to identify with both parties and make judgements about the resolution of the story. The author constantly plays with the idea... ... by the hand. But why are you arrival into your jacket, sir? I detect a glint of metal. Given that you and I are now bound by a certain shared intimacy, I trust it is the holder of your business ca rds (Hamid 184).And with that, the author leaves us with a cliffhanger, for us to determine the ending however we see fit. Hamid has made opened that ideas and truths are all relative, that people should actively search for answers, instead of accept everything they are told. His characters allowed us to exercise our intuitions in search of hidden truths, and generally to reaquaint ourselves with the elusive, common sense. The aphorism, focus on the fundamentals, is accentuated even further by the nail-biting ending and challenges us to ponder the wisdom of the story, when we consider whether or not the fully-bearded Changez has become another type of fundamentalist.
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