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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Chapter 4. Vocab. Nostalgia . Chapter summary. Things that appear healthy on the surface has serious cracks underneath. Erica America Changez The American. The Scar. The American is nervous when he sees a scar on Changez’s arm. Note the words he uses

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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  1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist Chapter 4

  2. Vocab • Nostalgia

  3. Chapter summary • Things that appear healthy on the surface has serious cracks underneath. • Erica • America • Changez • The American

  4. The Scar • The American is nervous when he sees a scar on Changez’s arm. Note the words he uses • Rope burn • Rappelling • Mountain • Training camp • The narration • How does Changez attempt to allay these fears? • “as though you wonder what sort of training camp could have given a fellow from the plains such as myself cause to engage in these activities!” • What criticism does he make of American children and their parents? (p54)

  5. Nostalgia • What references are there to Changez’s longing for home? • What references are there to Erica’s longing for her past?

  6. Erica • How does Erica appear different in her American surroundings? • Mighty Mouse shirt • Bed room is typical of a student – a mess! • Something “broken behind [her eyes], like a tiny crack in a diamond that becomes visible only when viewed through a magnifying lens…” • The novel. Why is she writing a novel?

  7. Her father • What stereotypes doe the father have of Pakistanis? • What American attitude is Hamin showing?

  8. Fundamentalism • “you guys have a serious problem with fundamentalism.” • What does Erica’s father mean by this? • What has Changez already said to the America in the café to refute this claim?

  9. The American • Why does he jump when the lights go out? • Why does Changez tease him with the suggestion of an alcoholic drink? • What appears sinister about Changez’s simile – “and you – to jump as though you were a mouse suddenly under the shadow of a hawk!”

  10. Tone • Dark. • Impending doom. • There is an undercurrent to this chapter that points to trouble at each of the levels. • Evidence? • Rope burns and scars • “the crack” in Erica and her history with Chris • His nostalgia for Pakistan • The attitude of Americans like The American and Erica’s father. • New York’s glory • The lights briefly go out (for a moment they are in darkness)

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