Changez is a Pakistani man from Lahore who works as a university lecturer advocating for disengagement from the United States, with traits like having a beard and wearing a kurta. He experiences hostility from a jeepney driver in Manila before 9/11 due to resentment towards Americans. In New York after 9/11, an angry man calls him a "fucking Arab" in a parking lot, reflecting the discriminatory views some Americans held towards those with Eastern complexions in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

2. Who is Changez?
Give Changez an identity in New York and Pakistan. Use information from the
novel to complete the profiles.
Name:
Country/City:
Name:
Nationality:
Country/City:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Mission:
Occupation:
Special traits:
Mission:
Special traits:
Tip: consult pp. 5 (par.3), 112 (par.2), 203 (par.2).

3. Who is Changez?
Name: CHANGEZ
Country/City: Pakistan, Lahore
Name: CHANGEZ
Nationality: Pakistani
Country/City: USA, New York
Occupation: university lecturer
Nationality: American
Mission: ‘advocate for a
Occupation: Underwood
disengagement’ from the USA
Samson
Special traits: beard, kurta
Mission: “Focus on the
fundamentals”
Special traits:
businessman, suit

4. Perception
Describe, compare and explain these reactions towards Changez. Think about
time, place and reasons. Take notes of your exchange to report your findings to the
class.
Student A: In Manila Student B: In New York
I glanced out the window I was approached by a man I
to see, only a few feet away, did not know. He made a
the driver of a jeepney series of unintelligible noises
returning my gaze. There – “akhala-malakhala,” (…)
was an undisguised and pressed his face
hostility in his expression; I alarmingly close to mine. (…)
had no idea why. We had “Fucking Arab,” he said. (…)
not met before (…) his my blood throbbed in my
dislike was so obvious, so temples (…) I felt, at that
moment, fully capable of
intimate, that it got under wielding [the tire iron] with
my skin. I stared back at sufficient violence to shatter
him, getting angry myself. the bones in his skull.
p.76 p.134

5. Perception
In Manila In New York
Context: business trip to Context: in a New York
Manila parking lot
When: before 9/11 When: after 9/11
Why: resentment, hatred Why: in the aftermath of
towards Americans, disgust 9/11 Americans, especially
towards Changez’s hypocrite New Yorkers, started to
behaviour express discriminatory
 After the incident views towards people with
Changez admits he feels Eastern complexion
‘much closer to the Filipino
driver than to’ his  fear of terrorism, clash
colleagues. (p.77) of two cultures, war on
terrorism