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
The above data about the characterizations of Changez that are found in the novel of The Reluctant of Fundamentalist are explained below.
Changez, a Pakistani narrator from Lahore, was 22 years old when he graduated from Princeton University In 2001. He is the main character of the
novel. Changez says that he never received a single B and he is one of the top exam results in Pakistan. He graduated summa cum laude. “in my case I
reached my senior year without having received a single B” “I myself had among the top exam result in Pakistan…”“ I was on the track to graduate
summa cum laude”pp.4-6. He is a proud of himself that he got scholarship and financial aid. “Students like me were given visas and scholarship,
complete financial aid…”p.4 At Underwood Samson and Company, a
valuation firm in New York that held any training for the new worker,
Changez ranked as the best among the six of his fellows “I, ……, was once
again ranked number one”p.121 In other words, he also studied at Princeton university and easy to get a job there.
Changez has a good self confident. His confidence makes him easy to adapt to his new environments like in his campus. “But even among all that
skin, I knew in my senior year that I was something special”p.5 By his confidence Changez thinks that he has high sense of creativity “there was
much for me to be proud of: My genuine aptitude for our work…..”p.65 so he feels that he can solve whatever problems when he faces.
Changez is good looking. He has fresh face and ideal body “I was a perfect breast, if you will- tan, succulent, seemingly defiant of gravity..” “not
one of us was either short or overweight.,.”p.38 he is attractive man. So when he spent on a student summer holiday in Greece. And met Erica, girl
students from the National College of Arts who seems interested in him and also Jim as the interviewer Underwood Samson Firm said You are polished,
well-dressed’’ so this is not astonishing for Changez to find a job and girl easier although he failed both of them next.
Changez is a patient man. He can stand not to be angry when he got an interview when Jim asked whether Changez got financial aid or not. Changez
suspected this was not permitted to be asked also about religion, for example, and sexual orientation. Changez was uncomfortable for this question. But he
still answered “I knew moreover that I ought to remain calm, but I was getting
annoyed” p.8 He was also angry when Changez works to value an ailing cable operator in New Jersey. He got bad treatment from employees, for
examples his telephone extensions and fax machine would mysteriously stop working. Once Changez’s tires are slashed, Changez remains calm and
consider those as natural things. I also found myself better equipped to regard as misguided-or at least myopic- the resentment which seethed around us as
we went………”p.41 Changez does not want to be alarmed by those situations. That is all because of his patient.
Changez is also an emotional person. This is showed when Changez was asked about his financial aid, the first time he can stand. But next he answered
Jim question by rising his voice. “My voice rising and taking on an edge”p.8 and because of that Jim said to Changez “You have a temper”p.8
Besides that, in different occasion when he was walking to his rental car in the parking lot of the cable company in New Jersey, Changez was approached by
man he did not know. An employee in the parking lot says, “Fucking Arab.”p.117 Changez replied by saying. “Say it to my face, coward, not as
you run and hides” pp.116-7 then faces him with a tire iron angrily. But fortunately tragic tragedy between Changez and an employee did not happen
because Jim stopped it. Changez is hardworking and ambitious man. This is showen when he was
as student of Princeton, a prestigious university, while he works in New York in Underwood Samson, one of the famous valuing firms which always select
Eight Princeton graduates each year for interviews. “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 These show that Changez is a
hardworking and ambitious man. Change has a sense of humour. It can be seen when he gathered with his
fellows in Greece after graduation from Princeton. Everyone has to say what heshe wants to be and Changez said that he wants to be a dictator. Actually he
only makes a joke. “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 And again sense of Changez’ humor is showed in training when most of
his fellows were seriously pay attention to listen the training result, Changez and Wainwright mere just relaxed. The training announces who will get the
first ranking. Wainwright whispered to Changez that no points for second place. And Changez replied by saying you are dangerous, ice man. “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 Changez has sense of humor, so he can easily adapt to
wherever he likes. It is why he could come in and out to the new environment. Changez has rebellious character. It can be seen after the 911 attacks.
Once Changez wants to go back to his homeland, Pakistan exactly Lahore.
When the time comes for Changez to return to New York, he told his parents that he wanted to stay longer, but their parents would hear it.
His mother urges him to shave off his beard when Changez arrives at New York, but
Changez does not do it. “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. He had been brave to decide the options for himself although the people around him
whisper and stare with dislike sense. Inspite of the fact that finally Changez chooses to go back.
From those characteristics, it can be concluded that Changes is almost a perfect man, but he has also ambivalent characteristic. His ambivalence is
only signs as a hybrid because Pakistanis an ex-colonized country that has tried to find his own identity. In this novel it is portrayed by Changes as main
character but he is trapped to the crisis identity as reconstruction process of meeting two cultures after the long experience of colonization
C. Postcolonial Analysis in Hybridity and Hybrid Identities in Changez
