Dialog (groupwork)

Dialog
(page 18/19)

Father: ….Look. Your brothers are happy. Why can’t you be like them?
Do you think you will be happier when you marry a white girl?
Manny: Perhaps not happier but I will be in love.
Manny’s thoughts: Man? What did I say? My father will kill me.
Father: What did you say? Do you want to hurt your mother’s feelings?
It will be your fault when she kills herself because of the shame you bring to our family.
Manny’s thoughts: I hate him! Why can’t he be a bit like Ekbal’s father?
Why he can’t try to understand me?
Manny: Of course not, Daddy-ji. I love my mother!
Father: What about our Punjabi traditions?
Why don’t you want to be Punjabi- men?
Manny’s thoughts: I was born in England. I hate you. I hate the tradition stuff.
I hate your racist thoughts. You are a bastard.
Manny: I prefer to be free and I hope one day you will accept that.
Father: (wants to hit his son)