CHAPTER III ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL
In this chapter, the writer discusses the character of Changez as the Major Character in the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Then the writer analyzes the
character of Changez viewed from postcolonial identity theory.
A. Data Description
The following are some words or sentences from the novel that show Changez’s characteristics.
1. The Characteristic of Changez
No Chapter
Corpus Characterization
1. I
VII “in my case I[Changez] reached my
senior year without having received a single B” p.4
“I myself had among the top exam result in Pakistan…”p.4
“ I was on the track to graduate summa cum laude”p.6
“Students like me were given visas and scholarship, complete financial
aid…”p.4 “
I, ……, was once again ranked number one”p.121
Smart
2. I
V “But even among all that skin, I knew
in my senior year that I was something special”p.5
“there was much for me to be proud of: My genuine aptitude for our
work…..”p.65 Self Confident
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3. I
III I
“I was a perfect breast, if you will- tan, succulent, seemingly defiant of
gravity..”p.5 “not one of us was either short or
overweight.,.”p.38 You[Changez] are polished, well-
dressed’’p.8 Good looking
4. I
VII “I knew moreover that I ought to
remain calm, but I was getting annoyed” p.8
I also found myself better equipped to regard as misguided-or at least
myopic- the resentment which seethed around us as we went………”p.97
Patient
5. I
VIII “My voice rising and taking on an
edge”p.8 “You[Changez] have a temper”p.8
“Say it to my face, coward, not as you run and hide”p.116-7
Emotional
6. II
III “I held down three on campus
jobs….” p.11 “I worked hard – harder, I suspect,
than any of the others: subsisting on only a few hours of sleep a night – and
I approached every class with utter concentration” my tenacity was
frequently commented upon, with approval, by our instructors”p.41
Hardworking and ambitious
7. II
III “When my turn came, I said I hoped
one day to be the dictator of an Islamic republic with nuclear
capability; the others appeared shocked, and I was forced to explain
that I had been joking”p.29 “you are dangerous, ice man,” I
replied- attempting to approximate a naval aviator’ drawl – and the two of
us exchanged grin. But aside from light-hearted banter of this kind, there
would be little in the way of fun and games at the workplace.”p.35
Humorous
8. IX
“I had not shaved my two-week-old beard. It was, perhap, a form of
protest on my part, a symbol of my identity,”p.130
Rebelliousresistant
B. Data Analysis