Pablo Covarrubias’s Reviews > The Reluctant Fundamentalist > Status Update

It finishes with the conversation ending and I feel like the american offended we don't know if he's armed but at the end we notice how they never stop judging and they leave us with a question on what happens next if the american and Changez fight or end up just agreeing and being friends. We see how really all the book is about stereotypes and how Changez once lived in America he doesn't like it.

He find out about Erica missing and he goes and talks to Erica's mother she said she hadn't heard from hear and after all the talk I think Erica commited suicide I mean she was doing really bad but at the end they never tell us what happen to her. He returns to Pakistan and now accepts who he's true identity and he had become a critic of america because of the attacks against pakistan.

This is for me the breaking point Changez goes on a work trip and is struggling because he's worried about Erica. He also knows he's becoming someone he doesn't want to be. He also meets Juan who helps him find out and take the decision of what he wants to do and he decides to quit his job and fly back to New York meaning he's probably gonna lose his visa and will likely have to return to Pakistan.

Changez goes back to Pakistan and thinks his house looks poor. He decides to grow his beard which makes it so people treat him differently which is something you can see on modern day and you realize how true it is. When he returns to New York, airport security treats him like a bad guy, and people stare at him like he did something wrong. Erica goes to a mental clinic because she is too sad about her dead boyfriend.

We see how hes relationship with Erica is growing and going better but when Changez thought it was the right moment to kiss her she just stood there in shock. I am really sure that Erica hasn't moved on from his boyfriend which makes me believe that's why they are gonna break up. We can also see how his job is going because he says that he was reaching the class his father was in which means he's getting good money.

At the start he gives us a clue of what this chapter is about flying bugs that hit stuff. Then he goes on to talk about how someone saw him with envy because of his expensive car and we can see how he's actually enjoying his wealth and job. Then during a trip he sees the news about 911 happening and since then people treat him differently even the airport security. Will he go back to Lahore because of this?

We see how the relationship between him and Erica continues and they look really happy. I really don't know what is gonna happen for them to fall apart, maybe it's just time. At the end of the chapter when the lights go out we can still see how the person from us in the tea shop is still scared which is weird cause they've been talking for a while and it surprised me that he offered him alcohol.

For me this book is going kinda slow, and I don't really like it that much. He talks to a person from the USA, they are in Pakistan in a tea place that Changez the main character owns. Changez tells the story about when he went to the US to live where he studied at Princeton. Changez tells him about the interview he had for a job since he needed the money cause his family has slowly been losing all their money.