TRF: Freedom/Opportunity

Question 1

‘___________ made everything ________ for me’

Answer 1

‘Princeton made everything possible for me’

• Position at Princeton is an responsible for his opportunities
• The advantages of an American education associated with prestige

Question 2

‘This is a _____ come ____’

‘Princeton _______ in me the _______ that my life was a ____’

Answer 2

‘This is a dream come true’

‘Princeton inspired in me the feeling that my life was a film’

• Changez appreciates opportunities presented by America and Princeton
• Highly romanticised depiction of university reflects high expectations
• Desire for American dream made possible through Princeton
• Cinematic description seems like a fantasy

Question 3

‘I was _______ into an _______ world’

‘To which I would _________ have had no ______’

Answer 3

‘I was ushered into an insiders world’

‘To which I would otherwise have had no access’

• Changez uses relationship with Erica to penetrate American society
• Erica gives Changez a sense of belonging + she is the reflection of American culture
• She offers him the American dream and countless opportunities

Question 4

‘________ into the ranks of __________’

Answer 4

‘Invited into the ranks of meritocracy’
- Changez given the opportunity for advancement/success

Question 5

‘This i ________, was another ______ from __________’

Answer 5

‘This i realized, was another world from Pakistan’
- Separation between America and Pakistan
- Opportunities/qualities provided by America which may not exist in Pakistan
- ‘another world’= exists independently from the known familiarity of Pakistan