The novel was written by Hamid, a very famous Pakistani novelist who lived in Canada; the book was published in 2007. It is about a Pakistani man who moves to America to work in the arts of economic fundamentalism (that consist to make as much money as possible and as quickly as possible), but discrimination after the 9/11 forced him to come back to Pakistan. The novel is organized into 12 chapters and it is a monologue hold by Changez, the protagonist. By the title the intelligent reader should immediately wonder something: “Why is the Fundamentalist reluctant?”. Fundamentalism is a form of a religion (expecially Islam or Protestant Christianity) that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of Scripture; “reluctant” means unwilling, not inclined, take distance to something, when a person doesn’t feel doing something. Hamid wrote the novel in English for a American-English public. He wonted to make us understand things from a different point of view. Moreover, the protgonist is the only voice speaking, so the reader has access to informations just only from a Pakistani point of view; he/she cannot know all the rest, but he/she can feel very close to the protagonist. It is not a strong point because the idea we make up is restricted by the point of view of Changez. We have access to the story trough the way of the protagonist. We are in front of a unreliable narrator. The first chapter has the more important function: to introduce the characters; the speaker uses a very formal language: probably he speaks English but he is not English; so, the relevant information is that the intelligent reader can understand that the protagonist is not American, he is from Lahore, in Pakistan. He is talking to a American man. The author uses the narrative technique; in addition, the technique of the dramatic monologue used by Hamid in the novel strongly implicates the reader in the story as Changez speaks directly to us and we find ourselves in the position of the American he is talking to (we cannot hear American’s voice but we know is there).  Changez tells the American about his life. The brilliant student has got a conversation with the reporter in a tea-room in Lahore. He reponds to a question about Princeton begins by telling about his life from the time he left Lahore to go to university in America.He declares he is a lover of America. Right from the first chapter the author decides to silence the American point of view. The first chapter sets the impressive points of the novel.Interlocutor’s silence is a focal point of the narrative. The choice could be interpreted from different point of view, the American doesn't speaks because he may feel guilty; the victim becomes the American. Along the all story Changez makes us understand the American is on a mission, the American went to Pakistan and not viceversa. The intelligent reader can understand that the story is a directed consequence of what Changez tell us. The reader can understand the point of view of a Pakistani and not of a American. We have to try to understand not just the point of view of one people.