CHAPTER 3

Main function of the chapter:

-Description of spring in Lahore;

-Lahore= democratic city= similar to Manhattan; Pakistan and American are similar for some aspects;

-Introduction of Changez life in New York: Changez arrives in New York and he feels at home. So coming to New York was a bit like coming home for Changez (many speakers of  Urdu, driving cabs and running cafes). He is a New Yorker, not an American (America is a different place from the big city)

-Changez loves his job at Underwood Samson. It seems to be in an another world (powerful, rich, privileged). He begins to have an American lifestyle

-Changez recognizes that Pakistan was once at the forefront of modernity but he feels a sense of shame and resentment. He feels disparity between Pakistan and America

-He begins to work at Underwood Samson (meritocracy). Presentation of Sherman (an economic fundamentalist)