The reluctant fundamentalist

Chapter seven

• Destruction of his American dream;
• Changez is changing;
• Discrimination;
• Prejudices;
• American aggressive;
• Economic problems;
• Meritocracy;
• Fundamentalism in economy;

Changez took distances from New York and America. He talks about economic problems of Lahore and his problems after the Twin Towers attack.

Chapter eight

• Afghanistan questions;
• Erica’s decline;
• America’s decline;
• America and Erica’s nostalgia;
• Discrimination;
• The protagonist’s new point of view;
• Pakistan’s problems;

Chapter nine

• The comparison between America and Pakistan;
• The beard symbol of his new identity linked to Pakistan;
• Changez think like an American’s mentality;
• Changez parents;