Analyse

Analyse
Task: Analyse the language the author uses to underline the father’s opinion toward British and Punjabi citizens

British citizens

“Not bloody goreh” (line 26)
->they are not good

“being careful not to become too white” (line 30)

impure girls

“…put their own mother in homes”
(line 31)


->when talking about British citizens many negations and words which have a negative
connotation are used

Punjabi citizens

“Brothers, cousins it’s all the same to us” (line 25)
->Punjabi are a union

“married to a lovely girl” (line 35)

“beautiful and pure” (line 37)

“God Jat Sikhs” (line 34)
->religious

“working” “married” (line 35)
->marring at the age of seventeen

“getting married at the age of seventeen” (line 7)

“pride and honour” (line11)

->positive word fields words with positive connotations are used


->the author deliberately uses words with negative and positive connotations in order to underline the fact that the father rejects the British culture

Analyse- Homework 2
(page 18/19)

Task: Analyse the language the author uses to underline the father’s opinion toward British and Punjabi citizens

Bali Rai tries to make a clear difference between the thoughts of ´good´ Punjabi citizens and `bad` British citizens.

Firstly Manny’s father says the British are “bloody goreh” (line 26). He makes clear that he does not like them and thinks they are bad.
Secondly he warns his son “not to become to white” (line 30). He thinks that his son will lose the way of Punjabi life.

Overall he says that the British are bad and have a bad influence to his son.

Totally different from the bad citizens of the British he describes the Punjabis as a union “it’s all the same to us” (line 30). He thinks pride and honour are very important (line 10).
He tells Manny that he thinks the Punjabi girls are “beautiful and pure” (line 37) and “lovely girls” (line 35). The father thinks also that it is normal to be promised and “married at the age of seventeen” (line 7).

“Working” and “married” (line 35) that is what for Manny’s father a good Punjabi men is.
Bali Rai let the father talks about his God. It is a sign that he and the Punjabis are religious “God Jat Sikhs” (line 34).

Overall the father seems to think that the Punjabi traditions and the Punjabis are the best/ the better people.