How 9/11 Shaped America

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On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers fell and the Pentagon building was also damaged. The damage caused by these attacks killed numerous people, and also saw an increase in hate crimes against people who were thought to be Muslim based on their skin color. Even though it has been almost 23 years since that fateful day, 9/11 will forever be marked as the day that showed America was vulnerable. In some of the stories that we have discussed, like The Reluctant Fundamentalist, we see the effects that 9/11 had on various groups of people. This essay will analyze how the collapse of the World Trade Center brought about the fundamentalist side of America and other countries. First, after the September 11th attacks, people from different countries …show more content…
In the novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the main character who goes by the name of Changez experiences both reactions to the attacks. Mohsin Hamid, the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, dives into Changez’s thought process near the midway point of the novel. Hamid states, “But at that moment, my thoughts were not with the victims of the attack—death on television moves me most when it is fictitious and happens to characters with whom I have built up relationships over multiple episodes—no, I was caught up in the symbolism of it all, the fact that someone had so visibly brought America to her knees” (Hamid 73). In order to understand the significance of this quote, some context is needed. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about a Pakistani man called Changez. Changez is sitting down with a man who is presumably from America and they are having a conversation and Changez decides to tell his story. Changez came to America to pursue an Ivy League education so he could obtain a high-profile job and support his family back home. During his time in America, he met a woman he loved called Erica. He earned high praise at work and everything seemed to be going well for

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