In its dominant form, it is claimed that it can offer a way out of dualistic thinking. Hybridity is an alluring notion in recent post-colonial studies.
The elements such as hybridity, diaspora, nativism and others are much relevant and important to discuss under the theory post-colonial theory. Moreover, American’s changing attitude made him ‘diaspora’ and the protagonist in the novel does have the features of nativism. The term ‘hybridity’ is associated to Changez as he has adopted the culture of other country leaving behind his own culture. He was satisfied with his life back at America. Moreover, his beloved Erica, his ideal job and luxurious life prevent him to be back but later America’s changing attitude of attack on Afghanistan and Indo – Pakistan tense relation force him to be back to Pakistan. After the incident of World Trade Centre, he wants to be back but his family disregards his request. Changez in the novel symbolizes as post-colonial subject and the state of the Muslims, colonized by Europeans. Though apparently seems to be a thriller, the novel incorporates the larger subjects imbedded in the colonial oration. Mohsin Hamid’s national and ethnic identity and its anxiety in the global perspective are well echoed in this novel.
The story takes place during the course of single evening in an outdoor café of Lahore, where the bearded character named Changez narrates to a troubled American about his once entranced life as a real colonist of United States of America.
The novel is in the form of dramatic monologue and thus during their discussion, a degree of doubtfulness rules the conversation as Changez mediates and understands the tensions that at times spins between these two characters from different country and changed culture. According to Loomba, (2003) “Post-colonial studies is a resistance to the domination and legacies of colonialism.” The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Hamid, 2007) is a Pakistani novel of Mohsin Hamid which got published in the year 2007. The term post-colonial refers to all characteristics of culture that is influenced by the process of colonial occupation.
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