How far is the reluctant fundamentalist a critic of Americanisation ? Mohsin Hamid is a British Pakistani novelist who achieved success as an international author through the publishing centres of New York and London. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an open-ended, highly engaging piece of work written by our penman. The novel is written in a very particular way, providing a one-sided perspective on our Pakistani protagonist. Therefore, Hamid’s novel is the story of the rise and fall of Changez’s relationship with America. To remove the complexities, the novel is a love song to America as much as it is a critique. Hence, that leads us to analyse the following question that will serve to raise the novel’s important critic : How far is the reluctant fundamentalist a critic of Americanisation ? To start on, students like Changez are rigorously selected through tests and interviews, which is a speciality when coming from a "red zone country,". Based on their knowledge and capacity, the superpower decides to distribute scholarship to the merit student who achieved excellent in every subject . Therefore, if those types of students are chosen, they must contribute to American society. As a result of obtaining this scholarship without