5th Chapter

1)Main functions of the chapter:

-Changez goes to Phillipines for valuation job of music company, he is surprised and upset to find even an outpost of America’s empire is richer than Pakistan;

-Filipino workers ‘look up’ to rich young Americans and he starts to assume the same attitude and language, feels sense of power that he decides people’s future;

-However unsettled by taxi driver who shows hostility-Changez play acting as ‘one of them’, troubled sleep;

-Exchanges sporadic emails with Erica;

-Jim visits and complimenst Changez on work, shark like qualities, outsider-reminds Changez of longings for his family’s past life-a nostalgia that paralyses some of his family;

-World Trade Centre collapses –Changez sees this on tv and ‘smiles’;

2)Structural elements of the novel:

Changez goes to Phillipines for valuation job of music company, he is surprised and upset to find even an outpost of America’s empire is richer than Pakistan. The Filipinos he worked with seemed to look up to his American collegues. However unsettled by taxi driver who shows hostility-Changez play acting as ‘one of them’, troubled sleep. Jim visits and complimenst Changez on work, shark like qualities, outsider-reminds Changez of longings for his family’s past life-a nostalgia that paralyses some of his family. During the time Changez wrote to his parents and Erica many emails; Erica did the same. On the other hand, Changez watched by the tv the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsing. This fact made him smile: his initial reaction was to be remarkably pleased.