The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist submitted by DBJC on June 16, 2017, 12:47pm I recently read this novel for a class that I had this past semester. It seemed to be fitting, as stories of travel bans and the struggles of being a refugee in a country that doesn't want you inundated national news channels. As a natural-born American, I have no idea what being a refugee or an immigrant is like, so the only way that I am able to understand is through stories. Hamid's novel makes the reader ponder what it means to be American, and what it means to have unquestioned assumptions about a person or persons.

Hamid's style is fluid and packed; the novel is not along one by any means but the content is rich and almost interpersonal. The reader is the character who sits on the other side of Changez in a cafe in Pakistan, the American who happens to be in Pakistan? Came to assassinate Changez? No one knows exactly why the American is there, and at first, the reader does not know why Changez is in Pakistan. That's the point. We, as human beings, are quick to make conclusions about another person, when their reasons for existing is just the same as any human being.

I highly recommend reading this book, not only to understand a different point of view, but to become aware of the preconceived notions that we may have on another human being.