East Is East

Sajit's has an interesting relationship with his parents. Sajit is the child you would feel sorry for him because he is the youngest. You would feel sorry for him because his dad is always swearing him at him. He is completely defenceless.Sajit's relationship with his fater is very forceful. You can tell this from the first few lines of the book, when it says

"Come here you dirty little baster" (act 1 scene 1). Sajit was getting forced to get circumcised, exactly from the start you would feel sorry for the 12 year old when he is running away from his father who is determined to see his son go under the knife. Sajit's relationship with his mother is really interesting. Sajit feels safe around his mother although Ella is forgetful of Sajit like when she forgets to get him circumcised in (Act 1 Scene 1).

Maneer has a very good relationship with both Ella and George. As hard as it is to believe George is very fond of Maneer. He is very proud of him. Maneer is always defending his father, when the other children are speaking ill of him. Maneer is the religious child. He is always wearing religious clothes such as the skull cap. Maneer is always reporting back to his father about whats been going on, he is always informing his father on whats happening what the other siblings say. Maneer is always getting singled out by the other children such as

when they call him Gandhi. You can tell he gets singled out by when Tariq is swearing at him in the chip shop when Maneer and Meenah are dancing around while they are cleaning.

" Oh fuck off Gandhi, since when have you been the curry inspector?" (Act 1 scene 4)

Maneer's relationship with his mother really does go unnoticed. You hardly see Ella talk about Maneer.

Tariq's relationship with his mother is good. He is always looking after her.When George was beating Ella Tariq and Abdul run over to stop their dad in (Act 2 scene 5) . Tariq is the rebellious child. You can tell that they are not very fond of each other. Tariq does not enjoy being Pakistani like when he is always calling Maneer a paki and when he makes fun of the way Maneer dresses. He doesn't speak any Arabic, he never goes to the Mosque. You would never see him wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. Tariq is very critical of his father and Maneer likes when he calls George Genghis Khan. He is always calling people a pakis when he is one himself.

"I hate paki music" (Act 1 Scene 4)

He is very crictical of the way Maneer dresses with his Pakistani clothes and his religious skull cap like when he says

"The thing is Maneer, even if your cap is religious, people round here just think you've got a tea cosy on your head". I think he says this because I think he dislikes his father and his culture and he decides to take his anger out on Maneer who really is a big follower of his religion. Tariq is not a true Pakistani, you can tell that from when Tariq is always drinking, he has a girlfriend which his parents don't know about and he is always sneaking out.

I think the concept of the children rebelling against their own culture would have suprised and maybe even shocked the audience. Especially the Asian community.

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