Summary Of Identity Crisis According To The Novel Reluctant Fundamentalist

Identity crisis according to the novel “Reluctant fundamentalist”?

IDENTITY CRISES;

A period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person's sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society.

Crisis According to novel:

According to the novel we observe identity crisis from the very beginning when Changez was in UnderwoodSamson for the jobinterview. There he tried not to mention about his true identity; which is that he was a Pakistani on full scholarship.But with time this identity crises became severe specially after the biggest Massacre of 9/11, 2001.It was after this massacre Changez was not accepted in any case even though he was a completely white man with respect to his habits;

Suicide bombing is common in today’s world which is in the name of Islam. So after 9/11 massacre the west was already against Muslims but these suicide bombings, attacks etc all made it worst. Even though it’s haram to commit suicide in Islam, Muslims all over the world are looked down upon. If a Muslim resides somewhere in the west he/she would be frowned upon specially if the women cover their head or wear burkha. Or if men have beard and wear shalwar kameez. They’ll be called terrorist. This issue, that Islam is a fundamentalist religion is so common that a lot of movies and books are being written. For example a world second most popular actor Shahrukh Khan was in a movie called “My name is Khan and I’m not a terrosit”. This move says a lot. He’s an Indian Muslim yet he is being affected as well. Identity crisis is a problem mainly faced by Muslims all over the world. It’s harder for Muslims who live in the West because they have to face challenges everyday as everyone does not accept the America culture like in the novel Changez did. Hence same way in the novel Changez got affected by this badly.In the novel character Chengez was a victim. He was treated as if he was a bad person, or was plotting against America.Even though he was an American by thinking and by his acts.But even after loving America with all his heart Americans did not accept him and in the process of this he lost his own identity. He quit such a high post job at Underwood Samson because he didn’t know who he was or where he belonged. When he was leaving his office after quitting the job, his friend ran into him. Changez told his friend he’ll be great at his job, his friend replied saying “And what