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The theme of love is quite special in the story. She can't forget about him and it stops her from having sex with Changez. When he convinces Erica to imagine him as Chris, they do have sex. However, it spoils their relationship as well.
Erica becomes mentally ill and she begins treatment in a mental institution, from which she escapes soon. However, it may be called love in some way. Chagnez is alone and lonely in America. He is from Pakistan and that is why it is pretty hard for him to find friends and socialize. As a rule, the representatives of his homeland are not treated well.
So, he has to prove that he is just like everyone else, that he has exactly the same rights and he also can make his American Dream come true by himself, without any help.
And he does that, after studying hard, he gets a good job and his employer is satisfied with him. But still there is something missing. Throughout the story, which is told entirely as one side of a conversation between Changez and an unnamed American man, Changez tries to assure his seemingly distrustful and anxious companion that he, Changez, is trustworthy both as a storyteller speaking about his experiences in America and as a host evaluating the different people around them in the Lahore marketplace.
Although we never hear what the other man says, Changez's remarks and descriptions of the American's expressions and movements make it apparent that the man begins to place some confidence in Changez but eventually becomes highly suspicious. It makes it all the more confusing to decide on whether Changez is telling the truth or lying about his being a friend and no threat.
Sherman, the Vice President of Underwood Samson, tells the new recruits that "We're a meritocracy… We believe in the best. You were the best candidates at the best schools in the country. That's what got you here. But meritocracy doesn't stop with recruiting. We'll rank you every six months" As Jim's favoritism for Changez seems to demonstrate, skin color or socio-economic background does not matter in the corporate environment, because everyone is judged solely on their performance.
However, as Changez discovers, this seeming equality of opportunity comes at the price of working within a cultural mindset that lacks empathy and a moral center, and in any case the resistance against stereotyping, racial or otherwise, is very shallow.
In the novel Changez confronts two instances in which he is powerless to help someone, or something, he loves. In the first, Changez's love for Erica makes him want to do whatever he can to ameliorate her grief for her dead boyfriend Chris and her feeling of being trapped in a mental illness.
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