reluctant Fundementalist
Josuph Beshir
Kayleigh Sevi
English 72
9 December 2013
9/11 the True Story
America for the last 13 years have not felt the same way of Middle Eastern americans the way they should after the attack on the twin towers. In the novel The Reluctant Fundementalist by Mohsin Hamid the story talks about Changez. A man that is struggling to find his identity when living in a country that cannot love him back. While in the some of the sources such as “Did September 11 change everything by Marshall Cavendish” talks about how Middle Eastern americans feel while they cannot fit in into social America while being terrorized by everyday people. Most American feel that Arabs are the ones that took part in the attack while they don’t know the whole story behind it they don’t want to feel like they are being victimized. In the Reluctant Fundamentalist one quote that he mentions is “It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins”(71). What Hamid means by that is americans will assume that all Pakistanis are terrorists and make them a viable target for prosecution. While in “Did September 11 change everything” one quote in there that fits well is “The state Department had received Reports that terrorist attacks would attack American citizens during millennium festivities”. This quote tells us that not only was this a planned attack but it was made for thousands of people to get killed in the incident. In both of the quotes there is a claim that americans just do not trust people from middle eastern countries for that reason. And it makes it harder for people to keep the attack from erasing in their memory. Another quote that Hamid mentioned is “Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change”(90). What Hamid means is that Americans need to move on from this situation and move forward for the pleasure of the
Kayleigh Sevi
English 72
9 December 2013
9/11 the True Story
America for the last 13 years have not felt the same way of Middle Eastern americans the way they should after the attack on the twin towers. In the novel The Reluctant Fundementalist by Mohsin Hamid the story talks about Changez. A man that is struggling to find his identity when living in a country that cannot love him back. While in the some of the sources such as “Did September 11 change everything by Marshall Cavendish” talks about how Middle Eastern americans feel while they cannot fit in into social America while being terrorized by everyday people. Most American feel that Arabs are the ones that took part in the attack while they don’t know the whole story behind it they don’t want to feel like they are being victimized. In the Reluctant Fundamentalist one quote that he mentions is “It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins”(71). What Hamid means by that is americans will assume that all Pakistanis are terrorists and make them a viable target for prosecution. While in “Did September 11 change everything” one quote in there that fits well is “The state Department had received Reports that terrorist attacks would attack American citizens during millennium festivities”. This quote tells us that not only was this a planned attack but it was made for thousands of people to get killed in the incident. In both of the quotes there is a claim that americans just do not trust people from middle eastern countries for that reason. And it makes it harder for people to keep the attack from erasing in their memory. Another quote that Hamid mentioned is “Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change”(90). What Hamid means is that Americans need to move on from this situation and move forward for the pleasure of the