...ENGL124 Literature Analysis Nov.11 2014 The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel written by Mohsin Hamid, set in the year following 9/11, constructed through a conversation between a Pakistani named Changez and an unnamed American in a café in Lahore.. The Reluctant Fundamentalist uses a variety of narrative strategies that contribute to the novel’s atmospheric world. This essay is going to focus on the metaphorical and symbolic techniques used in the novel and analyze the connection between them. It will also elaborate how does the metaphor relate to the first-person narrative in the novel and how do these two methodologies work together to derive the deeper meaning of the author’s intension. After analyzing the use of metaphor in the book, we could see better the real meaning and power of metaphor used in literature. The book is riddled with allegory and metaphor. Take names as the most significant example in the novel. First of all, let’s talk about the name “Changez”. While several reviewers have assumed that “Changez” is too obvious a name for a character in this situation, Hamid has pointed out that it doesn’t signify “change” but is instead “the Urdu name for Genghis, as in Genghis Khan.” He elaborates: It’s the name of a warrior, and the novel plays with the notion of a parallel between war and international finance, which is Changez’ occupation. But at the same time, the name cautions against a particular reading...
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...interplay linking joy, the grief process, and its stages we will also look at personal means of dealing with the grief process and whether or not it merits change. Kubler-Ross acknowledges; {People in some aspect of time in life will grieve over the loss of someone or something of importance in their lifetime.} We cannot forget about them. People will deny the grief process to avert pain but it will be much healthier for us to accept the loss as we journey through the grief process. Kubler-Ross says; “The grief process follows a normal sequence of deny, rage, trying to negotiate, a depressed state, and finally acquiescence”. (Kübler-Ross, 1969). Kubler-Ross five stages of grief: 1) Denial, 2) Anger, 3) Bargaining 4) Depression, 5) Acceptance.. A model proposed by Stroebe and Schut is also in place and utilized. The grief model used today is a two track process model. The first track looks at loss (separation distress), while the second track looks at re-establishment of means (the progression of opportunities in which to maintain living on one’s own). (Stroebe and Schut, 1999). Evaluation of Kubler-Ross stages of grief and Job’s grief process James 5: 7- 12 King James Bible Job was a wealthy man who experienced grief and coped with losses of health, all worldly possessions, his spouse and his friends, his sons and even separation from God when God allowed Satan to test Job. And though he did not know why these events occurred he kept his faith,...
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...stages of grief as described in her book On Death and Dying. The first stage is denial, which is the response experienced when an individual first learns of the death of their loved one. The second stage is anger, which includes one becoming angry at God and asking Him why did this happen to their loved one. The third stage is bargaining, which can range from the survivor thinking if things went differently, the individual would still be alive to bargaining with God, that if He allowed their dying loved one to live, they would change their ways. The fourth stage is depression, due to despair, the survivor may desire giving up on life because their loved one is gone, now perceiving life as bleak and pointless. The fifth stage of grief is acceptance, in which the individual comes to terms with the loss and their transition to living without their loved one. The five stages of grief does not necessarily happen in the order in which they were written, and some individuals may not experience all five stages (Friedman, 2012). The...
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...The Death of Ivan Ilych is a short novel that depicts the struggle that Ivan Ilych goes through as he prepares to die. The story opens with the reader finding out that Ivan has passed away and transitions into his childhood and life leading up to the accident that would ultimately end his life. As Ivan realizes that he is not going to get better and he is dying he starts to resent his wife and daughter because they refuse to acknowledge that he is dying, they simply believe that he is sick and will get better in time. He forms a bond with one of his servants, Gerasim, who is the only one who willing to acknowledge that he is dying and give him the comfort and compassion that he is needing. As his illness progresses he dreams of a black sack and being forced into the sack, but cannot fall into the sack. He both wants to fall through, but fears it at the same time. After waking from this dream Ivan starts to question god as to why he is being tormented with this physical pain. A voice we assume is coming from his soul asks him what he is wanting and Ivan tells the voice that he wants to live and live pleasantly. Ivan then starts to reflect on his life and as he thinks about it he feels that his childhood was the only happy part of his life and no part of his adult life was every truly happy. He does not understand how so much suffering can happen to a person who has lived his life right. His physical pain becomes worse and his wife and doctor keep him heavily medicated...
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...Stages of Grief Student Name Institution Stages of Grief The stages of grief and mourning are universal and every person in all lifestyles. Mourning and grief occurs in response to an individual’s own terminal illness, death of a loved one, and the loss of close relationship. Grief cans occur in five main stages such as denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages may occur in no neat progression, as these stages may keep on hitting back or just occur out of order. Consequently, the endeavor of this paper is to evaluate the various stages of grief as exhibited in “Lament for a Son” by Nicholas Wolterstorff. Denial and isolation marks the first stage of grief as Nicholas exhibits (David, Et al, Elisabeth, 2014). In this stage, Nicholas tries to deny the reality of the situation. After receiving the call meant to inform him of death of Eric, he goes to moment of silence where he dives into a sea of flashback of life he had spent with Eric. He remembers how Erick liked to worship with a genuine community and even sometimes asked him how they could know that God ever existed. He is unable to come into terms that Erick is no longer there. In his wild of flashback, he remembers how Erick used to cook, dress, and shook his hands, He himself wished he could die in order not see the inscapes of the world. Anger precedes denial and isolation as another stage of grief. In this stage, reality of the loss and pain it bring re-merges. Consequently...
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...six months after. Everyone grieves differently and at different times. A person has his or her own way of grieving and dealing with loss. Its important to understand the process of grieving. It will help understand what one is going through emotionally so that one can help someone going through this process. The five stages of grief are identified in this paper by analyzing the book “Lament for a Son” and how the author found joy after his loss (Wolterstorff, 1987). The author of this paper will also identify and explore the meaning and significance of death in the light of the Christian narrative, and how the hope of resurrection plays a role in comforting the author. Five Stages of Grief Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, the five stages of grief that one goes through after a loss significant to them are identified by Dr. Kubler-Ross. Every individual grief’s in his or her own way. There is no particular other to follow in the stages. One will experience one or the other, or may start all over again and repeat a stage. To grief is to come to terms with the loss of a loved one, a relationship or someone’s or our own dying process. It is how we come to terms with loss. Denial In the model of grieving the first stage is Denial. When there is loss, one may experience a trance like state. When one is given the news of that someone had died, and end to a relationship or news of forthcoming terminal illness. They go through a denial process and...
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...November 7, 2015 Stages of Grief There are five stages of grief that a person goes through when a loved one passes away. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, we all go through these at our own pace and in our own way. In the written “Lament for a Son” we will go through the journey of a father’s loss of his son and how he goes through the stages of grief (Wolterstorff, 1987). Denial and isolation is the first stage of grief, in lament for a son it does not specifically discuss that he goes through specific denial. Denial is the first reaction most people have when learning of the death of a loved one (Axelrod, 2014). A person will just hear part of what the person is saying when they are being informed that a loved one as died, especially in an untimely death such as the one we read about a 25 year old dying while mountain climbing. This is usually the most temporary stage. Anger is the second stage and this when reality usually sets in and the pain and intense emotions arise (Grand Canyon University, 2015). Sometimes the anger is directed and the one who died sometimes it is at us for not spending enough time with the person who passed away. Some of the anger that was discussed was with how people try to console you, when they say “it’s really not so bad” or “I know how you are feeling (Wolterstorff, 1987).” Death is really that bad and there is no way anyone could know how another person is feeling in their own grief. Bargaining is the third stage...
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...The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid, 2007 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 184 pp. ISBN-13: 9780156034029 Summary Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America. I noticed that you were looking for something; more than looking, in fact you seemed to beon a mission, and since I am both a native of this city and a speaker of your language, I thought I might offer you my services as a bridge. From the author of the award-winning Moth Smoke comes a perspective on love, prejudice, and the war on terror that has never been seen in North American literature. At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with a suspicious, and possibly armed, American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting. Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by Underwood Samson, an elite firm that specializes in the “valuation” of companies ripe for acquisition. He thrives on the energy of New York and the intensity of his work, and his infatuation with regal Erica promises entrée into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez’s meteoric rise to personal and professional success. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in his adopted city...
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...culture with regard to overcoming grief (Lehto & Stein, 2009, p. 29). This paper will look at some of these cultural variances, with the comparison and contrast in the views of grief among the modern Western world with the Kübler-Ross model, Western theological tradition in the Book of Job and the Eastern theological tradition, with the views of Buddhism on grief. The paper will also look at the conception and role of job in relation to grief in the three views of grief tackled by this paper. The Kübler-Ross model of grief is more popularly known as the Five Stages of Grief, which structures the grieving process as a cycle gone through by an individual through five distinct stages: Denial and Isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance (Kübler-Ross, 2014). Kübler-Ross is particularly focused on overcoming denial in grief, which she sees as a product of Western societies’ practice of hiding or concealing...
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...grief? Grief is an emotion, that everyone will experience, and each one of us needs to find our own way to deal with this emotion. There is no "right" way to grieve, there is no answer to how each one of us will heal from the feelings of sadness, anger, loss and loneliness. There are a lot of reasons to be in grief, but the most intense grief usually comes from the death of a love one. Feelings such as sorrow, sadness, guilt, regret, anxiety, fear and helplessness isn't uncommon to go through after you lost a loved one. There is no way to know how long the grief will go on. But overtime the intense grief and sorrow will subside. In 1969 Elizabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the 5 stages of grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I think we all can agree that these are stages we go through when we have lost a loved one. In the short story "No Angel" written by Bernie McGill, in 2010, our main character Annie, goes through grief and loneliness after she lost her father. The short story is written in first person narrative, we see the story through the main character's eyes whose name is Annie. The compositions is jumping in time between, present and flashbacks. The story starts in the middle of the story, media res. The first event is the first time Annie sees her father after his death. She sees him in the bathroom, where they are small talking. Right after this we jump right into a new flashback, which is the second time she sees her father after his death...
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...Healthy grief Name: Institution: Course: Date: Healthy grief Grief is defined as the innate response to a major loss such as death of a loved one or something to which attachment and friendliness had been formed (Leigh, 2011). Conventionally grief has been thought to be emotionally inclined but this should not be the case since it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, spiritual and philosophical inclinations. The loss being referred to here can either be physical meaning it can be touched and measured or abstract where there is lack of touch but effects on social interactions of the individual in question (Leigh, 2011). Dr. Kubler-Ross outlined the five stages of grief, appreciating the fact that not everybody is bound to experience each stage, and the fact that it is not a must that they are experienced in order. While the model is useful in handling, understanding and coping with grief, it is as well important to the healthcare professions especially in Europe and America. However, faith and religion also get a link here since spirituality is determined as one method of coping with grief. As health care professionals it is essential that the grieving process is understood and support given to those suffering and that they are taken through the process and brought back to normalcy. For this reason this paper will compare and contrast the grieving process by Kubler-Ross and Jobs story with another religion; a comparison of the relationship and attraction...
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...Running head: STAGES OF GRIEF Stages of Grief Delores Clayton Grand Canyon University Religious in Health Care HLT-310V Gary Shields August 22, 2015 In this essay I will be completing my report from the book “Lament for a Son” not only written but also lived by Nicholas WolterstorffIn. In this book the author/character talks about his painful recollection and how his life has changed since his son that was 25 year old has pass away from a climbing accident in Austria. While reading the book I was able to transcribe how the author exhibited the different stages of grief which he is was experiencing. Toward the end of the book and where author was able to find peace through the faith he had in God. Nicholas the author account of the occurrence and grief-stricken is upright and stunningly written. I feel that he had written the book true character and stories to motivate others who is experiencing loss. There is five stages of grief that is expressed in telling his life story, they signify how the stages help lead the author to find joy after his loss. The author was able to explain the allusion and connivance of death in light of the Christian description and how the hope of the reappearance/ return to life, played a role in consoling Wolterstorff. This story started off with the author receiving a phone call, in regards to his son Erick falling to his death. He immediately heads to where his son resided so that he can claim Eric's his sons body, after arriving where...
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...Comparison and Contrasting of the Book of Job and the 5 Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Candie R. Cuneo Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT 310 V Vernon Meyer October 08, 2010 Comparison and Contrasting of the Book of Job and the 5 Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Introduction Have people only been able to progress through the stages of grief since 1969 when Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross put a name to the model of processing grief or have people been doing it since the beginning of time? As this paper progresses I will introduce you to a Bible story of a man who was made to suffer incredible losses in his life and how he progressed through what we know today as The 5 Stages of Grief. Job, a faithful follower of God suffered the loss of his wealth to marauding bandits. In addition he suffered catastrophic demise of prosperity his seven sons and three daughters when the house in which they were feasting was made to collapse killing all of Job’s children. Job 4:18-20.The losses occurred all at once on a particular day. Losses of this magnitude would be difficult for any one individual to live through. Shortly after Job’s losses he is physically afflicted with horrible boils all over his body. According to Dr. Kubler-Ross’ 5 Stages of Grief model, it would be expected for Job should be in shock over these events and enter into some form of denial. Job in the biblical narrative is a contrast to the model because he not...
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...reaction to loss. God made people to have emotions, and it’s perfectly expectable for us to grieve when we are sad. Exercising our emotions is healthy. Those who bottle up their feelings can make their grief seem unbearable. Kubler-Ross attempts to break down the stages of grief to help us expect what we might feel or what others might feel when they go through loss. Kübler-Ross ' The five stages that Kubler-Ross sets before us are; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance were first published in her seminal book On Death & Dying in 1969. These 5 stages were posed to help people understand grief and what we as humans go though when we face hard times such as sickness and death. Denial is the person simply refusing to believe the bad news. Anger is when we get upset over the circumstances set before us. Bargaining is trying to make a deal with God to change the situation. Depression is acceptance of the situation with emotions such as sadness, regret and fear attached. Finally acceptance comes, and we accept what lies before us with piece of mind (Chapman, 2013). Story of Job The story of Job is about a man who was the godliest man on earth at the time. Satan came to God and said Job is only a godly man because you have blessed...
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...During the novel ‘The Child in Time’, the main character Stephen experiences a great deal of loss and/or grief. When one experiences grief, they experience it by going through five stages. These stages are as follows, (not necessarily in chronological order), disbelief, yearning, anger, depression and acceptance. With these two points in mind, I shall be producing an essay that examines how Stephen experiences these five stages through times in the novel. Disbelief, this is defined as the inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real. Stephen under goes this first stage of grief during a very imagery rich part, in the beginning of the novel. He loses Kate in the supermarket and when he goes home to tell Julie, he cannot believe that it has actually happened, he is still in shock. From this we are able to establish that Stephen is about to embark on the long journey through grief. I find it interesting that McEwan situates Stephen undertaking disbelief towards the start of the novel. I feel that he is foreshadowing to the readers that Stephen is going to be a character, which leads a rocky life, through loss of many things. Yearning, the word portrays Stephen’s craving for something in the novel consummately. I would describe yearning as having an intense feeling of longing for something. That ‘something’ for Stephen is two very important people in his life, Kate and Julie. We know that Stephen longs for his daughter. There is no specific reference needed from...
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