The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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🧐What is the significance of the title The Reluctant Fundamentalist?
👉The title The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a reference to the tormented, conflicted inner state of the protagonist Changez in the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Changez is a citizen of Pakistan, but he comes to the United States as a young man to study and engage in lucrative business opportunities.
Fundamentalist means someone who is bigot and doesn't try to change his religious concepts.

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