Finish this Quote!
Finish this quote: "Do not be frightened by my beard..."
“... I am a lover of America.”
Label this language feature: "The sun smiled down on us."
Personifcation
This symbol represents Changez's identity and his shift between a New Yorker and a Pakistani. It also represents the idea of biases and xenophobia.
Changez's beard.
What is this technique? "a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid."
Simile/Metaphor.
This is a structure that is used to show the development in Changez's character throughout the text.
Bildungsroman.
Finish this quote: "You retreated into myths of your own difference..."
"...assumptions of your own superiority…."
Label this technique: "He's a couch potato."
Metaphor.
This symbol represents the American dream!
What is this technique? "a type of literary device and figure of speech wherein a hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of 's' sounds."
Sibilance.
This technique is used to comment on the relationship between American and Pakistan.
Allegory of relationship between Changez and Erica.
Finish this quote: "the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center collapses..."
"... And then I smiled."
Label this technique: "I've seen this movie a hundred times."
Hyperbole
This symbol represents identity, biases and the uncertainty of who Changez really is.
Changez's scar.
What is this technique? "the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named"
Onomatopoeia
During a lunch, this character tell Changez that he is a modern day janissary (the name given to Christians who were kidnapped by the Ottoman Empire during the Crusades and trained to fight other Christians. Janissaries were the most loyal warriors: because they fought to destroy their own civilization, they had nothing left but their adopted culture).
Juan-Batista (president of the publishing company for Underwood Samson in Chile).
Finish this quote: "Some of my relatives held on to imagined memories..."
"...the way homeless people hold onto lottery tickets."
Label this technique: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Alliteration.
This symbol represents America and the way Changez feels about American dominance.
The Twin Tower attacks
What technique is this? "an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference."
Allusion.
What year was "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" published?
2007.
Finish this quote: "I did something in Manila I had never done before..."
"...I attempted to act and speak, as much as my dignity would permit, more like an American."
Label this Technique: "bittersweet"
Oxymoron
This symbols represents the adaptability of immigrants in new environments.
Bats
What is this technique? "the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect."
Juxtaposition.
Who is the only person to shake Changez's hand as he is fired from Underwood and Samson?
Wainwright.