The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid is a novel that presents itself with an interesting story. It is a story of an identity crisis as the protagonist strives to search his real identity, and to found the real self he goes through a lot. The protagonist of the novel is Changez, a Pakistani living in the vicinity of America. He gets his higher education from America and achieves a position in a multinational company. But even after getting all these leverages, he is still considered as a threat because of his Pakistani origin. He feels misfit in America on various occasions but, especially on the airport when all the other employees of his company went to their destinations and, he was stopped at immigration for a thorough investigation because of his Pakistani descend. He fell in love with an American girl Erica. Erica's presence warns him of her being smitten for life by her first love. Changez helplessly moves into an emotional abyss. She fails to find solace in