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Write what you think are the most important themes. Give relevant examples to support it and important quotes.

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slipping - verb - repeition demonstrates theme of change.

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Lemon tree on balcony - symbolising hope of Nadia and saeed's family

Eagle outside of saeed’s company’s window - Nadia and her independent

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Love- Hamid has used presented the theme of love by depicting the relationship between Nadia and Saeed, Saeed and his families and etc.

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Doors-
The doors represent the change in time and space of migrants. It is used to include the story of all migrants and variations between. They allow the audience to base their idea of the journey on what they have seen before in media, personal experience or recollections.

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Cellphone symbolises connection; the cell service which did not connect relates to Nadia and Saeed's situation before migrating off hometown... Through time essentially phones are available and used when Saeed and Nadia separated, which created more space between each other while yet still being in contact, which shows the significance in communication

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The fox in chapter 7 symbols Saeed and Nadia's journey, what might happen to them is unpredictable

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Hamed's usage of the Black robe that Nadia wears, It showcases the change in the perception of muslims depending on their location. When in her home country she is respected and protected her but when in the US she is seen as someone to be weary of. This changes when they see the interaction of her and the man with the gun

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Death - It shows the natural inevitability of death and regards it as a symbol of human commonality and precious life. The narrator mentions the time when the character(Nadia's cousin, Saeed's mother...) will die in the upcoming violence, emphasizing the fragility and unpredictability of life.

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Migration- Early in the novel, the people (Saeed and Nadia) who go through the doors follow the classic narrative of the endangered refugee in search of safety.

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Home country - an unknown country and time setting is unspecific
Hamid doesn't name their home country is to highlight that the country is universal and anonymous.

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Saeed and Nadia talking about the Atacama Desert -
Saeed is very passionate about the stars and as he and Nadia talk about ambitions to visit the Atacama Desert, Nadia is exposed to a very wanderlust and adventurous side of Saeed
"The Atacama Desert. The air is so dry, so clear and there is so few people, almost no lights. And you can lie on your back and look up and see the Milky Way. All the stars like a splash of milk in the sky. And you see them slowly move. Because the Earth is moving. And you feel like you're lying on a giant spinning ball in space." - page 21

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"Prayer sometimes reminded Saeed of his mother, and his parents' bedroom with its slight smell of perfume, and the ceiling fan churning in the head" (200)
"When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched" (201-202)
Shows how a big part of Saeed's identity is expressed through praying as it connects him to home and to his late parents. With Nadia, he is unable to express that and partake in it with her as they have different values when it comes to religious beliefs and practises.

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With the setting in London, author portraits
the reactions that natives and government has when migrant enters their country, and communicates the misconception towards immigrants to the audience.

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Philosophical-
"and this loss unites humanity, unites every human being, the temporary nature of our being-ness, and our shared sorrow, the heartache we each carry and yet too often to refuse to acknowledge in one another."

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"There was also closeness, for the end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, the temporariness, can remind us of the value of things" (204)

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Quote:- "and so were waiting waiting" Pg 135

This gives the audience a kind of rhythm of the words. This is repetition to show the tension of Nadia and Saeed trying to find a safe place.

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"In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom." By using the storytelling way, it makes the beginning of this book like a fairy tale which attracted the audience.

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The refugee camp is separate from the rest of the island. This highlights the treatment of refugees in the western world as not necessarily hostile but segregated.

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stars section -
Saeed mentions that looking up at the moving stars feels like spinning on a ball through the milky-way.

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"so what the fuck do you think of that?" (214)
- Pale -skinned tattooed man places a pistol on the counter whilst she was working
- her reaction: Says nothing + stares, Knows from previous experience in her home country that not to do in a situation like that
- He didn't expect her to react the way that she did, By wearing her black robe she comes across as a threat to some

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Chapter 9- “As usual, disasters attracted the most outside interest, such as a nativist raid that disabled machinery or destroyed dwelling units nearing completion or resulted in the severe beating of some workers who had strayed too far from camp. Or alternatively the knifing of a native foreman by a migrant or a fight among rival groups of migrants. But mostly there was little to report, just the day-to-day goings-on of countless people working and living and aging and falling in and out of love, as is the case everywhere, and so not deemed worthy of headline billing or thought to be of much interest to anyone but those directly involved.”

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"When we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind."(94)

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'so men don't fuck with me.' she said.(16)

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Drones
Drones have always been a part of Saeed and Nadia's life no matter where they are; home town, London, and San Fransisco. The drones monitored them constantly and they were being watched wherever they were. The use of drones to monitor the migrants deemed them as a threat and dehumanising them.
The burial of the drone in page 205 is symbolic of their revenge towards the force tracking them throughout their migration experience and finally opening them to freedom.

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There is a usage of a philosophical voice on page 228 when 50 years later they meet in their home country. The voice reflects how the future shouldn't worry and be burdened by the struggles of the past.

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spoiled (adjective to describe the noun - relationship) - imagery of something rotting or something that has expired.

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Exit West raises concerns about what it means to belong someplace and implies that, in a quickly globalizing society, one's nation of origin plays only a minor role. Nadia, who has never felt at home in her native country, reflects this concept in her ability to make friends and meet like-minded people everywhere she goes.

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Conflicts setting could empathise the audience whose countries got in a war before. Conflicts are also a world wide topic which stilling happened in our nowadays world.

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Quote:- "we've left that place"

This quote shows the contrast in the two houses, where Nadia finds comfort being with the Nigerians, while Saeed feels comfort being with his fellow people from his previous country. The difference in Nadia and Saeed's thinking sets these two houses apart.

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The stars symbolise hope and the dreaminess which Hamid uses to characterise Saeed. It is a sense of guidance and direction that they can follow in order to be safe and protected. This concept is a motif throughout the book.

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"We are all migrants through time" (209)

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Theme of change has been constantly communicated throughout the novel, the author has communicate change between their relationship, change of the symbolism with the robe change and the change of identity, to help portrait an convincing world to the audience.