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    The book The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid follows the life of Changez‚ a Pakistani man who comes to the United States in search of opportunity. After the September 11th terrorist attacks‚ he finds that he is viewed differently by Americans. Changez serves as an example of the tensions existing in Pakistan between Islam and modernity in a global setting. In this paper I will argue that the state used religion to serve political needs in Pakistan’s birth‚ development of its government

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    Chapter 5: The Reluctant Fundamentalist Homework Why is the interaction with the hostile driver in Manila significant? This interaction is significant because it is the first time that Changez sees himself as the rich‚ stuck-up‚ corporate American working man rather than a Pakistani in another country. It is due to the look of disgust he sees in the eyes of the driver that he realizes who he has become. He even tells people‚ upon being asked where he is from‚ that he is from New York‚ despite

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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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    Explain the importance of the setting and atmosphere in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Marilyn ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ is essentially a novel about one man’s tragic relationship with a country. The main character Changez is a Pakistani student who builds a very strong relationship with America. But as Changez says ‘…it is not always possible to restore one’s boundaries after they have been blurred and made permeable by a relationship…’ ; he starts to realize that his relationship with America

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    ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid opens in a tea house which locates in Lahore‚ Pakistan. Changez‚ who is the protagonist recounts his life in America and the changes he had gone through in his American Journey. The use of an extended monologue makes readers view events through Changez’s perspective. Readers can also see that Hamid used a lot of parallel to present America‚ and Changez’s relationship with America also shown by these parallels. Initially‚ the company Changez works for

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    Crossing Dangerous Borders Mira Nair on ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Mira Nair’s ‘Reluctant Fundamentalist’: The director Mira Nair discusses her latest film‚ “The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” By FRED KAPLAN Published: April 19‚ 2013 It seems far-fetched that “The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚” Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 best-selling novel‚ would be turned into a movie. First‚ there’s its narrative structure. A young man greets an American tourist in a cafe in the Pakistani city of Lahore and proceeds

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    Nostalgia

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    feeling warm inside. Nostalgia is the sentimental longing felt when reminiscing on the past. It is not a feeling of melancholia but more of a bittersweet sentimentality for what once was. Nostalgia has been widely used to describe many conditions but has just recently been modified to describe a positive experience. The word nostalgia was first coined in the 17th century. The term was used to describe the medical conditions of Swiss mercenaries who longed to return home. Nostalgia soon became a name

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    of approaches to reaching consumers in the advertising of a product. As humans we all have a bittersweet longing for things‚ persons‚ or situations of the past. This statement simply defines nostalgia. Marketers and Advertisers use nostalgic advertising to connect with their consumers. The use of nostalgia as an advertising approach has been pushed by numerous trade publications as an extremely effective and persuasive advertising tactic. Advertisers connect their brands by using words‚ pictures

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    In the Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ Mohsin Hamid‚ suggests that the personal and the political cannot easily be separated. His main character‚ Changez‚ does embark on a personal journey but it is one that is closely connected to his gradual understanding of his cultural identity as a Pakistani. In the course of this journey‚ he also discovers that there is considerable space between the way things appear and reality. This is recognized in his personal relationships as well as in his response to his

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    Nostalgia Marketing The main purpose of this paper is to examine the existing literature and research that has been developed regarding the use of nostalgia as a marketing strategy both in its use in advertisement as well as in products that try to generate a nostalgic response in the customer. The main definitions and causes of nostalgia will be examined and the applications that nostalgia can have to modern marketers. The use of nostalgic motives has been increasing since the early nineties

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