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At first America and especially New York was a open minded place anyone from anywhere could go to and make it their home. Also the society was very open and didn’t specifically discriminate muslims.

Then when 911 occured the

country and sociely changed. People started to become more patriotic, scared and a mistrust against certain groups started forming. Even politics changed a lot. The government  declared war on terror  and sent troops to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also the security was enhanced and not anybody could enter the US, especially not muslims.

But there were many people who were against sending troops to the middle east since they didn't want more death to occur.

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• Enhanced surveillance at airports
• discrimination
• innocent people tortured in Guantanamo
• Islamphobia
• after terror attacks lots of people feels like an outsider
• the government focus on national security
• revenge of the US started against terror groups

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When he first entered the United States of America 🇺🇸, the love was big and he was very excited, everything was new and he couldn’t handle the big wave of new things. You could say he was blinded by love and couldn’t see the bad things. (P.31 l.19), similar to how he felt when he first met Erica (P.17 l.1f). Also he was careful with approaching Erica since he didn’t want to mess up anything (P.25 l.23 f), similar on how he was going with his life in America, being careful in especially in the job interview (P.9 l.14f). Furthermore he feels uncomfortable starring at Ericas breast (P.21 l.14), the same way feels uncomfortable in the new environment (P.35 l.11-13). Then when similar on how he became distant to Erica over the time, he became distant to himself due to the time he spent working away from America (P.52 l.21f). Also he pretended to be someone else in his work, pretending to be rich and “American” and also towards Erica, pretending to be Chris.

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p.25
- misses Chris (her "home") [l. 1-2]
- wants to be a novelist [l.13-16]
- won an award at Princeton [l.13-16]
- independent, ambitious [l.13-16]
p.40
- smiling [l.17-20]
- healthy, glowing, tanned skin [l.17-20]
=> stunning
p.42
- behind her eyes there is something 'broken' [l.1-3]
p.45
- people gravitate towards her [l.12-13]
p.46
- childlike [l.1-2]
p.47
- went to a hospital and got medication after Chris has died [l.6-7]
p.53
- talkative [l.15-28]

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p.66
- spaces out, distant [l.11-16]
- feels trapped and is afraid (depression) [l.11-16]
p.68
- discomfort while being intimate with Changez [l.21-25]
=> only comfortable while thinking about Chris [p.69; l. 1-3]
p.78
- pale, lost weight [l. 6-17]
- nervous, isolates herself [l. 6-17]
- lost herself in depressive state [l. 6-17]
=> not the same Erica anymore
p.79
- vanishing [l. 17-18]

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p.61
- pale, didn't sleep [l. 30-31]
p.62
- empress-in-making, elegant, older [l. 1-15]
- feels haunted [l. 1-15]
- has old thoughts after attacks of 9/11 [l. 1-15]

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p.80
- her entrance seems 'wounded' [l. 12-13]
p.83
- pale but in good spirits [l. 26-28]
p.84
- writing doesn't help her anymore [l. 10-17]
- doesn't work on her novel anymore [l. 10-17]
p.85
- the memories of Chris makes her feel 'powerful nostalgia' [l. 22]

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- first in awe with America (since he is strongly interested in Erica) [p.40]
- after 9/11 the relationship between Erica (and also America) gets complicated [p.62]
=>lost in his two identities
- he leaves America for good after Ericas passing but wishes for a life with Erica in Pakistan [p.126]

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p.98-99
- in mental clinic  [l. 28-29]
- her mental health is worsening [l. 28-29]
p.100
- looks sick [l. 10-13]
- feels calmer in the clinic [l. 20-29]
- foreshadowing of suicide [l. 20-29]
p.120
- death by suicide [l. 28]
p.123
- chose her own ending and left Changez behind [l. 10-11]