Chapter 8

May

When the father arrives at home, Harry tells him that Manny steal a CD. The father gets angry and says that his wife is to gentle to her son, that it is her fault that he gets criminal. His father wants to educate him in a strict and disciplined way like his father educated him. The children of Punjabi families have no choice to say yes or no to a arrange marriage. If they would say no there family would repudiates them. Manny’s father talks to Manny. Next summer Manny should marry the girl from the Punjab. The girl wants to visit Manny in England to get to know him. Manny is afraid. Manny’s father notices the reaction of Manny and tells him not to run away and to leave his family with shame and without pride. His father pressures Manny. His mother makes a scene and prays and cries because Manny seems to say no to the arrange marriage. Manny is confused. He does not know what to do. His father tells him that he will bring him to India till he change his point of view and say “yes” to the arrange marriage.