Chapter 3:
1) introduce Changez life in New York, his job at Underwood Samson company, introduction of the characters of Jim and Wainwright.
2) In the third chapter the reader is able to find out a comparison and association between two important cities for the protagonist: Lahore and New York. The chapter starts having Changez talking to the American in the café about the weather "sun, although hot"; Changez says something strange about the interlocutor " uncertain whether it is predator or prey" because of his continuous move of gaze. Later Changez describes how shadow transformed the district, transforming it into a " pedestrian-only piazza"; here starts the comparison between the Old Anarkali district to Manhattan. Changez, suggested by the American recognize how similar are New York and Lahore, in fact for the protagonist moving to New York was not a big deal he tells the interlocutor that was "like coming home". What are the reasons that made Changez say that?he later describe way he said that: his language was "spoken by taxicab drivers", there was a "samosa service" called the "Pank-Punjab Deli" and during a parade he heard the American song which he "danced at my cousin's wedding". These are all reasons that made Changez like coming home, he also describes how he was, in just few years "immediately a New Yorker". The intelligent reader can understand that New York, for Changez, is a very important city where when lived. One day, when he was in the lobby of the company building he felt the "power of the view" and understood that Pakistan was really different, "was another world from Pakistan". The reader can find out that Changez has tuned his point of view, is some hears he turned into an American, he started to look at the  American improvement compared to the Pakistan. In fact Changez told the interlocutor that American has the "most technologically advanced civilization" and that the comparison with his country, that till now he has esteemed,  "troubled" him.  That made he think about ancestors, the american's ones were "illiterate barbarians" and the Pakistan's ones built cities "laid out on grids and boasted underground sewers" while now the two cities have the revers civilization. This "vast disparity", as Changez tells "ashamed" him. On the other side the work as a U.S. trainee made him very "proud" because he know that he was one of the best candidates. Changez find himself compared with the Americans, and because of his  origin he is pushed in excel on his studies. During his trainee he find another outsider: Wainwright, a black man very serious at work, Changez describe him as "extremely talented" but also outgoing and friendly. Looking at how Changez describes the neatness training the reader can find out that it seems like an army training, based on "efficiency" and not on " creativity". Changez makes also the reader understand the difference of dealing with beggars, one interrupted Changez discourse and the American recoils when he gets near him, but he decided not to give him money, while Changez, also if he said that the American decision was "very wise" decided  to give him "a few rupees". After the interruption Changez keep on talking about his work life, he compares himself with the other Americans, he thought he "worked hard, harder that any of the others", he is also very confident about his behavior, that he himself describe as "natural politeness and sense of formality" "perfect suited to the work context". Changez compares again America and Pakistan, he tells the interlocutor that both are "former English colony" and so both of them associate "Anglican accent" with "wealth and power"; on the ather side Changez explain that Pakistani youngsters are more "respectful and with self-respect" than the American's ones. Sometimes Changez recalls to his foundation country and recognizes the differences that he feel of being a Pakistani. This happened especially during a work summer party when he felt "out of place", as described by Jim; on the other side Chagez makes the reader understand how he is changed into an American one, in fact he tell the the see, which "always seemed far away, luxurious ad full of adventures" became a "regular part" of his life; the intelligent reader can understand that Changez allude to the see to represent the American dream "I was a young New Yorker with the city at my feet". After this Changez makes the reader understand that something will turn everything upside down and will transform his world. Hamid interrupt the third chapter here leaving us in suspicious. At this point Changez's story is interrupted to admire Old Anarkali transformation from day and night, from a busy road into a crowded street full of shops and tables.