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Topic sentences

Topic sentences. Reading and responding to ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. Sample topic. “You’re a watchful guy. You know where that comes from? It comes from feeling out of place.” Changez is not the only outsider in The Reluctant Fundamentalist - every character is an outsider. Discuss .

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Topic sentences

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  1. Topic sentences Reading and responding to ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’

  2. Sample topic • “You’re a watchful guy. You know where that comes from? It comes from feeling out of place.” Changez is not the only outsider in The Reluctant Fundamentalist - every character is an outsider. Discuss. • Key words/phrases: • Watchful • Out of place • Outsider

  3. vocab • Outsider: • A person who does not belong to a particular group • A person who is not accepted by or who is isolated from society • A competitor, applicant, etc., thought to have little chance of success

  4. Structuring according to character • By character: • Changez • Erica • The American • Jim • Structuring in this way makes a good grade unlikely

  5. Structuring according to ideas • By idea: • Nationality • Assimilation vs. segregation • C observing America rather than living in it • Observation as critique • Economic isolation • Other ideas…

  6. Sample topic sentences • Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 novel, ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ suggests that people and nations can be outsiders to the discourse that affects them. • Hamid suggests that “focusing on the fundamentals” creates outsiders. • Furthermore, Hamid portrays members of multicultural communities are observers, and therefore critics of the communities that ‘accept’ them. • Moreover, Hamid also suggests that “feeling out of place” makes an individual or a nation ironically prone to conforming to the very systems that reject them. • The characters in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ are all outsiders because they represent the dysfunctional nature of economic fundamentalism, which marginalises individuals and cultures.

  7. Your task • Create a series of topic sentences in response to one of the following topics: • ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ is a contemporary tale of a man's struggle to evaluate the fundamentals of his life. Discuss. • To what extent is The Reluctant Fundamentalist about identity? • To what extent is The Reluctant Fundamentalist about fallen empires? • To what extent is The Reluctant Fundamentalist about unequal relationships? Hand this in!!

  8. Your task • Write the remainder of the body paragraph for this topic sentence (Remember TEEEEEEEEEL): • Moreover, Hamid also suggests that “feeling out of place” makes an individual or a nation ironically prone to conforming to the very systems that reject them. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hand this in, too!!

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