VIOLENCE AS A TOOL OF RESISTANCE IN THE FICTION OF MOHSIN HAMID

Abstract

This study, situated within Postcolonial Studies, examines the dynamics between colonizers and colonized, with a focus on violence as a tool of resistance, as narrated by Frantz Fanon in his book The Wretched of the Earth (1961). Using Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), Moth Smoke (2000), and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013), it explores how, even after decolonization, violence persists when the bourgeoisie replace the colonizers, exploiting resources and provoking unrest. The research also addresses the “war on terror” discourse to some extent and the challenges of making globalization acceptable in such an atmosphere.