The Reluctant Fundamentalist Analysis

In using the motifs to convey a variety of messages, the relationship between Changez and Erica is especially saturated with clues of their secret identities. Erica had only one previous lover, Chris, her childhood sweetheart who died of cancer in late adolescence and whom she is never able to let go. Initially, she was severely depressed but eventually recovered from the ordeal. However, as Erica's intimacy with Changez grows, so does her feeling of nostalgia. The September 11 attacks triggers a relapse in Erica and she becomes more and more obsessed with Chris. She rejects Changez physically and is only able to have sex with him when they pretend

The main character in Crossroads endures constant disappointment and sadness when she reveals herself to her potential suitors and realizes that they can't accept her as she is. This is shown when the woman walks away from the man, disappointed once more, and throws away the flower she brought, which served as a symbol of hope throughout the book. In NIEM, Elyria struggles to stay connected with her husband despite the internal breakdown she is enduring, which she feels like she has to hide from him, and her changing feelings toward him. She tries very hard to remain the woman he knows, despite her quickly changing identity, because she is afraid that she will lose him if he sees the struggle she is hiding. This is shown when she talks in the first chapter about how she goes on about her daily routine every day, despite her depression and anxiety. And neither of these women are entirely wrong in believing that the men in their lives won't accept them- the man in Crossroads suspects that the woman he is speaking with is the woman he knows, but finds that idea inconceivable once she is revealed to him. Elyria's husband treats her disappearance as an immature whim, instead of considering that there may be graver motives behind her leaving, and that he may have contributed to her desire to escape. When faced with

Sal changes because she eventually accepts her mom's death. Sal went on a road trip with gram and gramps to see her mom on her birthday but on they’re way there grams got bit by a snake and she had to go to the hospital because she had a stroke. Sal still wanted to go see her mom but gramps had to stay there with grams. Gramps knew that Sal wanted to see her mom so he gave her his keys to his car and Sal started driving but like two hours later after driving the cop pulled her over and she had to get in the cop car with the cop. The cop took Sal to her mom's grave. Then the cop takes her home and Sal comes to her senses and realized that she is jealous of three things after she says what she is jealous of she says “I miss my mom.” this quote shows that she accepts her mom's

Jess Walter creates a post 9/11 world that balances precariously between real and surreal. It is real enough that the reader is able to comprehend how awful the attack truly was; but surreal enough that the reader feels the same way most Americans did at Ground Zero—confused, frightened, and grief stricken. Remy, the unwilling hero in all of this is exposed to many different forms of grief both public and personal. Using irony and satire, Walter critiques the way public forms of grief were presented as the only viable ways of grieving after 9/11. Reporters wanted to broadcast each and every loss. The government wanted to exploit the grief of the American people so that they could continue what they were doing in

As his eyes traced down her body, he savored them. Round. Shapely. Beautiful. She wasn't like the average woman his eyes had learned to glaze over on the streets, and in her difference there was beauty. A whole lot of beauty. Bennett couldn't help but stare, and he could see her fidgeting and twisting beneath his gaze. The dominant animal inside had that effect on people; it was why he was so effective at breaking grown men.

But she changed from hating the men on the hills and killing to something more big and influential like the cellist she was protecting. She shows a brief period of reconciliation during this one particular moment where she thinks to herself for a moment. " She knows this to a certainty. Yet she doesn't want to pull her trigger.

People in the real world have huge abilities past what is thought to be conceivable, and the ability to take advantage of one’s greatest potential originates from his/her identity. Throughout a person’s life, it is important to find what defines him/her and figure out how he/she can gain more independence and self-sufficiency as a human being. An overcoming and conquering tone is created throughout the novel to portray the main character’s “awakening” during her life and to show that life is hard at times, but can be regained as she unleashes her inner self. In The Awakening, author Kate Chopin uses revealing details and figurative diction to establish a triumphant tone when discussing Edna and her capability to gain her own individuality,

Right after he was arrested the girl disappeared; no one knows where she went, or what happened to her. Disappointment and hurt were the emotions true felt, Erica was his first love. He couldn’t believe she would do him like that.

For those individuals concerned, as for the nation itself, the injury of 9/11 warrants collective mourning. As Lisa Beamer observes, we were all “reeling, attempting to comprehend the reality of what [we] had seen.” (9) She is herself extolled as an “unpretentious homemaker and mother” through which “an entire nation can…find hope.” (back cover) Her husband, Todd, typifies a “top young sales representative.” (2) Breitweiser declares herself “a 9/11 widow” and almost beatifies her affluent status. Giuliani cites close friends among the attack’s victims. Firefighters depicted in The Guys mirror our own (or would be) acquaintances, wherever we might be ourselves. These stories of victims, of widows and children, many of whom will never know their fathers, distill a shared recognition of grief, anger, bewilderment. Even if characters’ (and these readings comprise a compilation of characters, real and fictive and sometimes both) material or marital positions seem somewhat alien, one overarching reminder and theme is that we are all human. Even George W. Bush, whatever our opinions of him, merits a whiff of compassion—if only for the desperation with which others try to ennoble his position and reaction or even his

The lurking impacts of 9/11 attacks establish Oskar’s emotional instability and anguish as exemplified through actions reflecting PTSD. As Oskar continues his daily life after his father’s death, he exhibits qualities of PTSD such as when he comments, “Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously. There was a lot of stuff that made me panicky, like suspension bridges (...) tall buildings, turbans,” (Foer, 36). The events of 9/11 not only caused Oskar to withdraw and seclude himself away from his family in mourning of his father, but to develop characteristics of PTSD. Oskar refers to 9/11 as the “Worst Day” and is anxious about possible dangers that trigger the memories of this day. Moreover, Oskar, “gave myself a bruise,” (Foer, 69) as a coping mechanism for the strong feelings

In The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons presents how the next generation of Christians turns the tide by bringing the truth of the Gospel to bear on our changing, secular society. While many Christians are worrying about the growing disregard for Christians and deviation from our faith, Gabe holds an optimistic attitude and believes now we are restorers, and Christianity’s best day are yet to come

Data was collected on historical developments, such as laws passed, political developments, significant moral issues, family and demographic developments, as well as generational values. Further data was collected from governmental agencies that forecast potential future economic and demographic issues. Other research considered social areas that can be strengthened in order to influence future generations toward a more Christian Sociological framework.

We live in a world marked by a culture of death. the constant manifetations of ruptures with one itself as lonelines, sadness, with no sence, unstopping search of false

“…She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent; there was something ominous and stately in her deliberate progress…

Fundamentalism and Religion For a vast majority, the term “fundamentalism” evokes images of hostage crises, embassies under siege, hijackings, and suicide bombers. But these images hardly present a comprehensive picture. People in the west associate fundamentalism with Islam, this is indeed a mistaken belief. Fundamentalism is defined as " the affirmation of religious authority as holistic and absolute, admitting of neither criticism nor reduction; it is expressed through the collective demand that specific creedal and ethical dictates derived from scripture be publicly recognized and legally enforced ." (Lawrence)