Changez encourages the American to eat with his fingers, as Pakistanis do. He says, "There is great satisfaction to be had in touching one's prey." The American uses his fingers
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The American is again wary of the Lahore waiter. Changez says the waiter has a hard face becausehe comes from the rugged northwestern region of Pakistan. The waiter's mutterings are
Changez tells the American that after 9/11 he lived in denial about how America was changing around him and how these changes would affect "the new life [he] was attempting



