Brief biography of mohsin hamid was born in Pakistan, but he spent much of his
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| Related Characters Nadia Related Themes: Page Number 148 Explanation and Analysis This is a description of the council Nadia takes part in while living in the mansion of refugees in London. The council itself meets in the courtyard and is comprised primarily of people Nadia thinks are from Nigeria, though she soon learns that this is avast generalization, since so many of the councilmembers are from different regions, some of which are actually outside Nigeria’s borders. She also discovers that these people makeup an amalgamation of culture, one in which English becomes a shared language that allows them to give voice to ideas or opinions thus enabling them to create an open forum where people can share their thoughts regardless of their cultural or national affiliation. The idea of being one among many is thrilling to Nadia because it represents the exact kind of invigorating sense of Get hundreds more LitCharts at www.litcharts.com ©2018 LitCharts LLC v.006 www.LitCharts.com Page 16 change and progress she always seeks in her life. As somebody who was originally eager to leave behind her homeland, she’s excited by the idea of belonging to a collective of people from other places. As such, her sense of unity reveals itself to be one rooted in multicultural connection, something that seemingly transcends linguistic boundaries by combining different variations of English”—different individualities—in order to forge a comprehensive and varied whole. Saeed for his part wished he could do something for Nadia, could protect her from what would come, even if he understood, at some level, that to love is to enter into the inevitability of one day not being able to protect what is most valuable to you. He thought she deserved better than this, but he could see noway out, for they had decided not to run, not to play roulette with yet another departure. To flee forever is beyond the capacity of most at some point even a hunted animal will stop, exhausted and await its fate, if only fora while. Download 0.56 Mb. Share with your friends:
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