Chapter 2

October

Manny is in year 8. Ranjit goes to be a father and Harry arranges marriage is set. Ekbal is Manny’s cousin; his family is the opposite of Manny’s family. Ekbal’s father is interested in education and does not take the Punjabi tradition so seriously. Manny makes a list how his live seems to go on. He thinks his life is going to be “the hell” living with 7 family members he does not like in one house.
Manny family is proud because of there culture background but they think Manny wants to be a `white´. Sometimes his family visit a marriage of family members, Manny stays at home because there is not enough space in the car. He would never do a party because his father will kill him if he gets to know it. Manny wants to be famous. Manny’s father tells him a lecture about saving the Punjabi culture because Manny tells him that he does not want to attend his family by a wedding of his cousin. The father tells Manny that he will be married with the daughter of his friend because she wants to live in England legally. He will marry at the age of just seventeen. He thinks about a way to escape.