![]() ![]() Looking back now, I see the power of that system, pragmatic and effective, like so much else in America. In the beginning of his conversation with the American, Changez deftly pivots from small talk (asking about where he is from and where he went to school) to storytelling by saying that he requires greater elaboration to answer the question in full-even though this is not exactly what his questioner was wondering about in the first place. What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. ![]() ![]() At odds with the American corporate disdain for the old and the obsolete, Changez displays a love for things not in spite of but precisely because of their decline. ![]() While visiting Valparaiso on a business trip, Changez finds that the melancholic atmosphere of the once great but now declining city exerts a strong attraction to him. The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful. What Changez discovers, however, is that working by the motto "Focus on the fundamentals," one has to suppress much of one's emotional sensitivities and broader political awareness. Underwood Samson operates on the highest levels of professionalism, focusing exclusively on efficiency and productivity. ![]()
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