Bali Rai „(un)arranged marriage“

Analysis

Analyse the language Bali Rai uses to describe Manny and his father.

Bali Rai describes Manny and his father as two persons with two different characters. Bali Rai describes Manny as extra polite. Manny wants to be extra polite, there fore Bali Rai uses “ji” behind Daddy “Yes Daddy – ji (line 13). It is indicating respect. “I was extra polite to him”. (line 13). Manny`s seems to be polite but he does not mean it.
All in all Manny ist represented as good son who tries to avoid to araque with his fahter. The father is described as a racist, not bloody gereh (p.18 linie 26). The father ist roud to be a Punjabi man “We are Punjabis and proud of it....” (p.18, line 33-37). In line 40 is described that the father is not interested in Manny´s wishes and he is dominant. As well the father is shain as an alcoholic and got a hangover because of this (line 16) .
The father is not interested in everything. The author describes the father as a bad man. Finaly you could say that Bali Rai describes the father as a person, who is not interested in his son. He is conservative and pride and has got bad manners.