![]() ![]() He visits her apartment, where her mother gives him a copy of Erica’s unpublished book. Before leaving, Changez attempts to visit Erica again but is told that she’s gone missing. Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West and a book of. Due to his visa status, once Changez is fired from his job at Underwood Samson, he’s forced to leave America and return to Lahore. Thinking more on the subject and his uneasiness in New York, Changez abandons the project in Chile. ![]() ![]() While working on a project in Chile for Underwood Samson, Changez teaches about the Janissaries, young Christian men whose identity was erased when they were forced to be soldiers in a Muslim army, and immediately identifies with their plight. The Stranger’s thoughts and behaviors are difficult to read through the lens of Changez’s point of view. His unease as a Pakistani person in post 9/11 America is also growing stronger. He travels home to Lahore for a brief visit, and upon returning to America, finds that Erica has been committed to a clinic. With the War on Terror being waged between America and terrorist-sponsoring countries, including Pakistan, Changez becomes uneasy with his life in America. ![]()
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