Dies ist ein automatischer Text-Extrakt aus dem Downloadbaren Material.
Bitte aktivieren Sie Flash für eine Orndungsgemäße Darstellung!

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST Arbeitsmaterialien zu Chapter 1 Analysevorschläge zum ersten Kapitel des Romans Arbeitsblatt für Schüler und Lösungsvorschläge ARBEITSMATERIALIEN The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid ARBEITSMATERIALIEN The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Arbeitsgrundlage ist die Penguin Ausgabe von 2008 CHAPTER 1 Tea in Lahore and Princeton Vorangestellt ist eine Analyse des Erzählers und der Erzählsituation die nicht den vertrauten Lesegewohnheiten der Schüler entsprechen damit für Schüler der Zugang nicht blockiert wird. Ergebnisse werden in das Arbeitsblatt zur Ergebnissicherung eingetragen. Viele inhaltlichen Aspekte des Romans können im ersten Kapitel angesprochen. Diese Arbeitsergebnisse bilden die Grundlage für die folgende Romananalyse. Question 1 What is happening in Chapter 1 Point out narrator narratee narrating time and narrated time and the role of the reader YOU. location and action Changez and an American stranger having tea in Old Anarkali in Lahore Pakistan USA . the role of Princenton the prestigious Ivy League university on Changez life Princeton made everything possible for him narrator I narrator Changez telling name talking to an American stranger narrated time narrating time narratee narrated time narrating time YOU the reader listening to Changez narration you recreate the words and reactions of the American as well as incidents at the tea shop I narrator Changez telling name describing his life in the US narrated time narrating time the American whose words and gestures are only described in Changez comments Question 2 But status as in any traditional class conscious society declines more slowly than wealth. p.11 Examine the discrepancy between Changez s social status and his socio economic status both in Pakistan and in the US. social status PAKISTAN socially rich great grandfather a lawyer endowed a school p.10 grandfather and father attended English universities socio economic status money poor salaries have not rise in line with inflation p.11 the rupee has declined against the dollar large family home in the most expensive district of Lahore employing servants Punjab Club membership invited to functions and weddings and parties of the city s social elite comparison to 19th century European aristocracy US polished well dressed...sophisticated accent p.9 conducting himself like a young prince generous and carefree p.12 elite social clubs in Pakistan for the nation s economic elite property subdivided among inheritants financial decline not enough money to pay for Changez university education contemptuous and envious of the newly rich and their status symbols BMW SUVs attending Princeton on a scholarship working at three on campus jobs and preparing for classes at night In the US Changez detects a similar gap between appearance and reality a foreshadowing of his future disappointment in American society. Gothic university buildings are treated to look older in reality many of the mosques in Lahore are much older. Buildings serve as symbols of tradition and culture. On arrival the na ve Changez expects the professors to be titans in their field and the students to be philosopher kings in the making later he revised his high assumptions of his American fellow students. Question 3 Facing this discrepancy between his public persona p.12 and his socioeconomic status Changez can pretend all is well or work hard to restore things to what they were. p.12 Explain his choice. How does he decide Pretending all is well means passively accepting his fate. This attitude will not stop further social and financial decline. That why he decides to work hard to achieve financial success thus matching social and socio economic status. So he is no longer obliged to keep up appearances and take people in by pretending to be rich. Question 4 Why can Jim in charge of recruiting analysts or Underwood Samson see through Changez pretence Where do they differ Jim shares Changez experience of being hungry p.13 As a student he worked at night carefully hiding this fact by working at jobs far from campus. He graduated from Princeton summa cum laude and had successful career at Underwood Samson. The first of his family to go to college the upwardly mobile Jim advances in both his economic and social standing. Yet Changez is eager to stop the downwardly mobile movement in his family of academics and professionals whose financial decline is threatening their social status. Question 5 Point out elements of the American Dream in Changez pursuit of happiness and his quality of being hungry p.10 p.13 the feature Jim appreciates. TEXT We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence July 4 1776 Changez pursuit of happiness focuses both on materialistic and idealistic aims he tries to succeed and make money to improve his socio economic status though not going from rags to riches . Financial success will stop the downwardly mobile movement in his family and protect his social status from further decline. Changez state of being hungry portrays is eagerness and ambition to achieve his aims. The job at Underwood Sampson promises to make his concerns about money and status things of the distant past. p.16 Elements of the American Dream Individual Freedom and Self Reliance Changez pursuit of happiness Changez individual freedom means ignoring his social self and focusing on his aims free free of doubts and limits free to focus on nothing but the game p.24 Changez benefits from his scholarship his family cannot pay for his university education so he is works at three jobs in addition to his coursework. Equality of Opportunity and Competition Princeton offers the same chances to Changez and his fellow students but competition is fierce the selection process is even harsher for Pakistani students figures 2 Pakistani students selected from a population of 100 million 1000 American students selected from a population 200 million pp.3 4 100 applicants for a job at Underwood Samson 8 applicants were invited to an interview 6 students were accepted as trainees Material Wealth and Hard Work through hard work holding three jobs and doing his coursework at night Changez achieved brilliant results straight A student and landed a well paid job at a New York firm Question 6 Portray the American stranger with the help of Changez comments outward appearance corresponds with American stereotype short cropped hair physically fit because of working out regularly expansive chest wearing suit and shirt no tourist behaviour alarmed when addressed by a bearded Pakistani stereotype of a Muslim fundamentalist purposeful attitude on a mission p.2 cautious sitting with his back close to the wall p.2 not removing his jacket getting involved in conversation asking questions about Changez stay in the US worried and defensive reaching under jacket reaction to burly waiter an intimidating chap suspicious drinks his Kashmiri tea only after Changez switches their cups afraid of poison enjoys the hot orange sweets Questions 7 The American stranger reaches under his jacket. Read the last paragraph of the novel. Considering Changez development from a member of the American meritocracy to an anti American university lecturer in Lahore what does this gesture suggest Do you agree with Changez view of the purpose of this gesture. In spite of the heat the American does not remove his jacket and prefers to sit close to the wall. p.2 When the intimidating waiter arrives the American reaches under the jacket. Changez constructs that the stranger wants to grasp his wallet to pay the waiter later which is highly unlikely because they are ordering tea at the time. Bidding the American farewell in front of the hotel Changez means to shake hands with him. The American reaches under his jacket again when the waiter rushing after them wants Changez to detain the American. Changez detects a glint of metal. Again Changez supposes the American is reaching for the holder of his business cards. He seems to trust the American as he tells him you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins. pp 208 209 . Yet he is feels threatened after one of his students has been involved in terrorist attacks and the media have broadcast his anti American attitudes. He is plagued by paranoia because he expects to be intimidated or killed by an American agent. The American s mission might not be the quest for the perfect cup of tea p.2 after all. The open ending of the novel makes the reader finish the story. Question 8 Analyse the stylistic devices stylistic device sportsmen and soldiers p.2 my life was a film in which I was the star p.3 sifted p.4 interviews essays recommendations p.4 effect emphasis sharing fitness Changez fulfilling his American Dream he is in the limelight harsh selection process described by concrete term sieben exemplyfing the long evaluation alliteration metaphor metaphor enumeration asyndeton process the best and brightest p.4 Princeton raised her skirt...and showed them some skin p.5 I was the perfect breast p.7 alliteration personification pars pro toto emphasis the lite university alluring recruiters Changez compares himself to a sexually attractive model Jim orders him to sell himself p.7 Eyes... like a jeweler s when he inspects out of curiosity a diamond he intends neither to buy nor to sell p.8 extended simile or comparison Changez assumes Jim is indifferent as a recruiter for a prestigious firm jeweller he is used to dealing with over achievers diamonds different viewpoints are emphasized emphasis written form term describes throwing a ball so that it is difficult to catch emphasis unrealistic company emphasis of complete freedom Where I saw shame he saw opportunity. p.12 pencil and paper p.13 curve ball p.13 fictitious fantastic company p.14 free of doubts and limits free to focus on nothing but the game p.14 parallelism antithesis alliteration metaphor alliteration anaphora formal English ..may I be of assistance to purchase the quest for the perfect cup of tea I was....overly generous in my initial assumptions the ascendance of the bourgeoisie public persona less formal English ... can I help you to buy looking for the perfect cup of tea At first I overestimated... the rise of the bourgeoisie my public image WORKSHEET The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid CHAPTER 1 Tea in Lahore and Princeton Question 1 What is happening in Chapter 1 Point out narrator narratee narrating time and narrated time and the role of the reader YOU. location and action narrator narrated time narrating time narratee Question 2 But status as in any traditional class conscious society declines more slowly than wealth. p.11 Examine the discrepancy between Changez s social status and his socio economic status both in Pakistan and in the US. social status PAKISTAN socio economic status US Question 3 Facing this discrepancy between his public persona p.12 and his socioeconomic status Changez can pretend all is well or work hard to restore things to what they were. p.12 Explain his choice. How does he decide Question 4 Why can Jim in charge of recruiting analysts or Underwood Samson see through Changez pretence Where do they differ Question 5 Point out elements of the American Dream in Changez pursuit of happiness and his quality of being hungry p.10 p.13 the feature Jim appreciates. TEXT We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence July 4 1776 Elements of the American Dream Individual Freedom and Self Reliance Changez pursuit of happiness Equality of Opportunity and Competition Material Wealth and Hard Work Question 6 Portray the American stranger with the help of Changez comments. Questions 7 The American stranger reaches under his jacket. Read the last paragraph of the novel. Considering Changez development from a member of the American meritocracy to an anti American university lecturer in Lahore what does this gesture suggest Do you agree with Changez view of the purpose of this gesture. Question 8 Analyse the stylistic devices stylistic device sportsmen and soldiers p.2 effect my life was a film in which I was the star p.3 sifted p.4 interviews essays recommendations p.4 the best and brightest p.4 Princeton raised her skirt...and showed them some skin p.5 I was the perfect breast p.7 Eyes... like a jeweler s when he inspects out of curiosity a diamond he intends neither to buy nor to sell p.8 Where I saw shame he saw opportunity. p.12 pencil and paper p.13 curve ball p.13 fictitious fantastic company p.14 free of doubts and limits free to focus on nothing but the game p.14 Use less formal expressions formal English ..may I be of assistance less formal English to purchase the quest for the perfect cup of tea I was....overly generous in my initial assumptions the ascendance of the bourgeoisie public persona Klasse 10 Klasse 11 Klasse 12 Englisch Sekundarstufe A. Lenhardt Patz Lösung Arbeitsmaterialien THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST Mohsin Hamid Kapitel 1