The StrangerĬhangez’s conversation with the Stranger serves as a framing device for his story of living in America and becoming the main he is today. To say his feelings on the United States are complicated is an understatement. He eventually returns to Pakistan as an anti-American teacher, but it is never fully clear just how radical his feelings have become. His girlfriend Erica is unable to fully get over the death of her previous boyfriend and has a tendency to see Changez as something of an exotic foreigner, further hardening his heart. However, in the aftermath of 9/11, he experiences discrimination and racism from his adopted country, and becomes soured toward the United States, viewing it as a threat to the world. At first, Changez loves America, has many friends, works hard for a New York financial firm, and even has a girlfriend, Erica. Changez is the Pakistani protagonist of the novel, who attended Princeton University and narrates the story of his time in the States (and his subsequent disillusionment) to the Stranger.
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