Essay Co Exist

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“Reluctant Fundamentalist” The movie is very interesting as it portrays the life of a Pakistani man and his journey of life throughout the world. This man, known as Changez, had fallen in love with an American girl in whom he had graduated with from the University of Princeton. The movie goes on and portrays the relationship he continues to have with Erica, the student that he graduated with. Changez and his girlfriend have complications as her previous lover had died from lung cancer and her grieving process was nowhere near from over. The couple had become intimate and after a few dates they had succumbed to a method in which they may engage in sexual pleasures without guilt. This manner was embraced by allowing Erica to close her eyes and imagine her previous lover while having intercourse. There was an incident in which Erica had admitted herself to a hospital as she was having mental issues, most likely due to her method of pleasure with Changez. Changez had continued his travel and work even after Erica had been pronounced missing from the mental institution. While on work he is distracted as he believed that he is now a servant of the American Empire, which had constantly infringed and manipulated his homeland. He ends up losing his job as well as ability to stay as his Visa is nearing expiration. He then becomes a professor and moves back to Lahore. He gains attention from his students as well as becomes their mentor. The active participation in nonviolent demonstrations against government policies had brought his perspectives to light. A student, which had been one of his pupils, had been caught and arrested for the attempted