Jayden Wang’s Reviews > The Reluctant Fundamentalist: A Man Booker Prize-Shortlisted Literary Novel of Love, Identity, and the American Dream > Status Update
Jayden Wang
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At the end of the book, a lot of things happened, including what happens to Erika, as Hamid usually does, we easily believe that Erika dies, but I think it's not that simple. Back to Lahore, as Changez and the American man walk back to the hotel, a bunch of people walked pass them. Changez says they held no malicious intent, but the American man still tends to be highly nervous and cautious even at the hotel.
— Jan 30, 2026 06:37AM
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Jayden Wang
is on page 161 of 184
After reading to page 151, I found that all of Princeton, Underwood Samson, and all the "American Dream" that Changez has are only the outer layer, the cover he gives himself. After 911, he is still prejudiced and judges by his appearance. After he went back to Pakistan and talked with Juan-Bautista, I think he realized that no matter what he changes, he's still Pakistani inside, just like Ollie Young Bear in M1948.
— Jan 29, 2026 08:34AM
Jayden Wang
is on page 141 of 184
I started to understand the Changes Changez had through his experience in America, as he describes himself looking like a foreigner, and his own view of people also changed, to perspecitive like an unsympathetic American as he describes himself. Earlier in the book, in pg.67, he still says "as we Pakistanis", after going into Underwood Samson, the experiences of Erica, to the Philippines, all had changed him a lot.
— Jan 28, 2026 05:58AM
