This PowerPoint features a voice recording on every slide totalling approximatley an hour and a half. This resource is designed to teach A Level students about the novel so they can write about Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for their Literature coursework. The lecture is detailed, nuanced and insightful. It covers postcolonial theory, detailed analysis of literary techniques, historical contexts and refers to literary critics. Part one covers: Narrative voice The relationship between the speaker and the addressee Foreshadowing Unpicking assumptions Unreliability of narration Part two covers: How ‘Otherness’ relates to colonialism Orientalism and fetishization of the ‘Other’ Symbolism in the characters Orientalism following 9/11 Motif of Changez’s beard Part three covers: Changez’s response to 9/11 Changez’s relationship with America Geo-political context Irony