Rayson (Kwongyui)’s Reviews > The Reluctant Fundamentalist > Status Update

At the end of the book, many things happen, including what happens to Erica. Hamid makes it seem like Erica dies, but I don’t think it is that clear. Back in Lahore, Changez and the American man walk to the hotel and a group of people passes them. Changez says they are not dangerous, but the American man is still nervous and careful. Even at the hotel, he does not relax.

Changez’s inner conflict grows stronger as he becomes more uncomfortable living in America. He continues working for Underwood Samson, but he starts questioning the company’s values and the way it focuses only on money and power. His relationship with Erica also becomes more painful because she keeps slipping into her sadness and memories of Chris How do Changz get emotion after he know he could not with Erica.

Changz feel hard unfair just because the cable company want more money He is there to help evaluate the company. He faces a moral problem: his job is to judge the company only by numbers, not by the people who will be hurt. This experience makes him feel uncomfortable and guilty, because he starts to understand that his work supports a system that values money over human lives.

Changez starts feeling more like an outsider in America. His relationship with Erica becomes harder because she is still emotionally attached to her dead boyfriend, Chris. At work, Changez continues at Underwood Samson but begins to notice how cold and profit-focused the company is. These events make him question his identity and whether he truly belongs in the U.S.

Erica remains deeply attached to her deceased boyfriend, Chris. Changez realizes that he cannot fully reach her emotionally, no matter how much affection he shows. This makes him feel excluded and insecure, as if he is competing with a memory rather than a real person. Why Erica would not forgot that memory? and why did changz did not say about his feeling?

First I feel confuse about how changez know the hikers in Pakistan is a American. After he explain, I feel he is so brave that will talk to a American who look like a soldiers. why is he so brave