• Ms. Joanna D’Vaz

Mohsin Hamid’s third novel How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia studies modern society's obsession with carving out a niche for one's own self. He combines the style of a self help book and a novel. He has structured his story in such a manner that each chapter represents a particular stage in a person's journey towards self fulfilment. This paper studies how people in the present day world are obsessed with the idea of becoming self-made individuals, who are independent, artful, ambitious and willing to do anything to achieve the dreams that they have for themselves. It examines the lengths to which people are willing to go to become rich, and stay rich throughout their lives. Different methods are presented using different characters, from the protagonist, his lover, his school teacher, his former employer, to name a few. But the trajectory of the two main characters especially shows that despite becoming rich and gaining fame and money, they do not find happiness. The novel ends with both characters finding each other after many years after finally realising that love is an important component of human life.

Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Modern Society, Immorality

"BECOMING RICH, AND STAYING RICH – A STUDY OF MODERN AMBITION IN MOHSIN HAMID’S HOWTO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.306-311, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06066.pdf

"BECOMING RICH, AND STAYING RICH – A STUDY OF MODERN AMBITION IN MOHSIN HAMID’S HOWTO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp306-311, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06066.pdf