Health & Human Development – Unit 4 – Week 11- 2012 Thanks to Ariel‚ Annie‚ Claire‚ Bill and Alannah who contributed to this Response sheet. Learning Activity 11.1 – Case Study on HIV/AIDS 1. Create a mind map showing the impact of HIV and AIDS on Kunthata’s life. You can use the template below or devise your own. Below are just a few ideas regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on Kunthata’s life. As I’m sure you can imagine‚ there were MANY possible impacts that you could have identified
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Changez professes himself a ‘lover’ of America to his anonymous listener at the start of the novel. To begin with‚ for Changez‚ the journey from Pakistan to Princeton (and then to Underwood Samson) was about “a dream come true. Princeton inspired in me the feeling that my life was a Rilm in which I was the star and everything was possible.” Later‚ Changez calls the dream his “American dream.” Changez’s life before 9/11 is a
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Is Changez ‘reluctant’ as the title suggests? In Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ the Pakistani protagonist‚ Changez‚ is not reluctant like the title suggests. Hamid illustrates through Changez’ persistence in being unhesitant how it‚ consequently‚ negatively impacts the people around him. In his determination to be with Erica Changez forces her to think of him as her deceased boyfriend‚ Chris‚ emphasizing his eagerness to be with her. Hamid uses first person monologue‚ and shifts
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Mohsin Hamid’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” focuses on the consequences of the “9/11” attack in America on individuals and society as a whole. The main character‚ Changez‚ changes significantly as the story unfolds. At the beginning‚ he is depicted as a ‘lover’ of America and is determined to become wealthy‚ even though he is not entirely at ease. After the destruction of the World Trade Centre and the subsequent racist assaults‚ his attitude changes dramatically and he becomes embittered and disillusioned
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he/she are. Changez is the protagonist of the Novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid. His character is complex and diverse from the rest. It is volatile and his perspective of his identity is irresolute. By this I mean that his understanding of who he is constantly being altered through the course of the novel‚ and I will discuss this in the following paragraphs. Changez’s identity refers to who he is; every aspect of his personality adds up to his identity. Changez belongs to an
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In the passage Changez is starting to wonder about the truth between Chris and Erica. He wants to know if they really had the true love that Erica always seems to mention when talking about her love with Chris. Changez feels that Erica is only remembering the good from her and Chris‚ and all those memories are starting to take over herself‚ especially when“She had only achieved orgasm‚ and that‚ too‚ by fantasizing about him”(90). Since he is Muslim and they are both Christian he doesn’t fully understand
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It can be good –Changez remembers his time in America fondly‚ despite his negative attitude to their foreign policy. It soothes the pain for the former Pakistani elite. ( with consquences). It can ease the pain of loss- Changez longs for American shrimp. He recalls the beauty of the American nation-the Empire State Building‚ New York at night. We all know the pleasure of looking at a childhood photo or hearing a song from our past. Yet for Erica‚ it is unhealthy. It consumes her from inside until
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In the monologue‚ ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’‚ written by Mohsin Hamid‚ the protagonist is Changez‚ a Pakistani moves to America to pursue his Princeton degree‚ traces his journey of his adaption to American society‚ including his college life‚ his job at Underwood Samson‚ and his connection to an American girl. The assertion that “I was‚ in four and a half years‚ never an American; I was immediately a New Yorker” is not a valid point because he begins with defining himself as an American at the
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“I had changed; I was looking about me with the eyes of a foreigner.” How does Changez change throughout the novel? The Reluctant Fundamentalist uncovers two failed love affairs‚ one with a person and the other with a nation. Changez - the brilliant boy from Lahore‚ who was brought up in a utopian background with a loving family yet who faced financial difficulty‚ manages to get into Princeton with a generous scholarship‚ and bags one of the most coveted jobs in the country
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“Why does Changez feel out of place in both America and Pakistan?” Mohsin Hamid’s first-person novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” details the fictional story of a young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street‚ and suddenly finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American dream and the unrelenting tug of his ties to his homeland. After being inducted into the corporate world of America when beginning work at Underwood Sampson‚ the novels protagonist‚ Changez becomes
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