One place where this occurs is Changez’s thoughts and emotions when he learns what has happened in America when he is in the Philippines. The loud and proud voice of Americans consistently shuts out the voices of those who are on the opposing side of the story, and the complete opposite is done in this novel. Often in the world the United States has the loudest and most impactful voice when it comes to major world events. As a result of the first-person narration in the novel, America’s views are silenced and Changez’s and Pakistani interpretations about 9/11 and America are able to be voiced. The novel is purposely told from Changez’s view and his view only. The first of the two is about Changez’s experience with an entity that is said to be an American in the Lahore café, and within that story is Changez’s experiences with and in America. The novel is constructed through two stories. The novel raises the central question of what drives young educated men from the West to join Al Qaeda. Moshid Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel narrated by the monologue of the protagonist where he tells his story.
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