Chapter 7 – December
Harry married his wife Baljit and lives now like Jas, Ranjit’s wife, with Manny’s family. Manny and his friend Ady are shopping lifting again in a shopping centre. Only Manny steals a empty CD case and is caught by a policeman. He is in a interview room and because of he did it at “first” he must only wait for a family member. Ranjit and Harry comes and must write down at documents about Manny’s stealing. They came home. Harry starts to get aggressive like their father and tells Manny that he is a shame for the family. Ranjit wants to talk with Manny normal but he try only to go in his room. Ranjit comes after an hour to his room. Manny starts to cry and Ranjit comforts him. This is a new situation for Manny and strange, too. He makes clear that he does not want to have the wedding because of his age.
Chapter 8 – May
Because of the day (Sunday) the father is sober. It is about the Punjabi traditions. Harry or Ranjit did not tell about the shoplifting to the father because Manny would be expel from the family. Manny’s father had a strict childhood. He should to do only work like in military because his father, Manny’s grandfather was in the Indian military. His father starts to talk about Manny’s arranged marriage. The Punjabi girl is the daughter of a friend and lives in India. If she and Manny are 17 years old she would arrive at England legal and marries Manny. His father married Manny’s mother the same way. So a typical tradition. His father notice his reaction and makes clear that Manny would ruin the family’s name. His mother starts to cry and pray. Manny does not know what he must do. He must to have his wedding.
Chapter 9 – June
Manny has the relationship between Lisa one year. The principal for the year 10 at school, Mr. Sandhu, wants to talk with Manny. Manny does not really know about a reason why he is there. Sandhu talks about Manny’s performance at school because it is dropping. He asks him about bullying or the difficult of some subjects but nothing of these possible reasons are right. After he asks if his parents knows about his relationship with Lisa.
Chapter 10 – June
After the meeting between Manny and Mr. Sandhu, Manny tells Lisa all about the meeting and his arranged marriage. Lisa is shock about it, but wants to stay besides Manny. Sandhu knows about Manny’s problems because he is Asian but married a white wife. Together they wait for Lisa’s mum because she comes to bring they home. Manny does not want to tell something about his problems at home to her mother, so he wants only to go home instead to eat together with them. He is all the way long silent. Besides this situation Manny miss his friend Ady because he didn’t see him for a while.
Chapter 11 – November
Manny’s start in the year 10 is fail. Because of Ady he is skiving a lot of subject, steals things at shops and does not show engagement for school. He feels free but Lisa is against about skiving. Since the meeting with Mr. Sandhu he wants to know more about Manny’s situation in the family. The only teacher who Manny likes is Mr. Cookes. And it works that he stops to skiving for a month. One evening only the wifes of his brothers are at home. So Ady takes Manny to a bar there Ady’s brother stands front of the door because it is the night before his 16th birthday. They can go for free. At night Manny is drunken and go at home which he is thinking that he gets in trouble because of his father but nothing happens.
Chapter 12- end of November
Manny has because of the last night a hangover and sleeps long, so he does not go to school. He thinks about the time as he was sharing a room together with Harry. Manny is thankful about to have a own privacy. It’s his birthday. So he, his father and Harry with some friends are going to a bar in the near. But Manny does not like it because it is to Asian. He wants to go home but Harry laughs about him that Manny does not want to be Punjabi. And Manny funny about the Harry and his arranged marriage. Both start to quarrel. Manny calls Lisa to ask if he can go round to her. He wants to break out free.
Chapter 13 – December
Manny talks with Lisa and her father about his problems. Furthermore Lisa wants that Manny stays at her home because her parents wants to discuss about something important. Before Manny wants to go to Lisa Manny gets to know that Sarah is pregnant and Ady becomes the father. At Lisa’s home the parents talking about sex education and something else before they are going out because they has an dinner. That evening both are alone at home and have the house for themselve.
Chapter 14 – March
Manny spends a lot of time especially at the night in Lisa’s home with her. This is for him very important that the consequences are his bad grades. If he doesn’t be good enough and doesn’t end this skiving Manny would never get his GSEC after the year 10 because he would pass out from school. Ady comes back to Manny and reminds him that he has birthday. Manny skives again and goes with in a pub again to celebrate. Ady talks about his problems: he cans not offer something for his family, Sarah and his child. After Manny comes back to school and is catch by his teacher. He reminds about nothing and gets to know that his education is done and he does not get an GSEC.
