The idea of Princeton sums up Changez’s expectations about America. It made he think that everything was possibile. He expected “beautiful campus, professors who are titans in their fields and students who are philosopher-kings in the making”

Underwood Samson & Company represents the typical American’s business company where everything works perfectly

Erica is a beautiful, intelligent and wealthy girl who personifies the idea of America. Unfortunately they will both refuse Changez

Typical idea of the rich kid embodied by a group of Princetonians during the holiday in Greece (“they were traveling courtesy of gifts from their parents or dividends from their trust fund” “they parted with money” “their self-righteousness in dealing with those whom they had paid for a service”)