Automatic Upgrade by Maggie Robb

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Automatic Upgrade by Maggie Robb (2011) 1. The story Automatic Upgrade written by Maggie Robb in 2011, is a story about an Indian guy named Ramesh. He is on a plane with his grandmother Nani on the way to a place called Surrey, to meet his sister, her husband and their children. Meanwhile they are on the plane, his grandmother talks to a stranger next to them, and shows him picture of the family and talks about Ramesh and his future. She keeps comparing him to his sister, because his 26 years old and doesn't have a job or a family of his own despite his sister. Then suddenly on the plane, the grandmother gets some kind of heart attack, and dies. Ramesh is in shock and keeps focusing on other things like childhood memories, and a steward called Sonia which he think is pretty. She helps him with his grandmother, so she can be transferred to first class where she can lay down, instead of sitting in a chair dead next to all people. 2. Ramesh is 26 years old, and is from an Indian family. He is unemployed and his grandmother have very high expectations of him. His is a type of guy that keeps his family close and respect them. even though he sometimes acts like he doesn't know his grandmother, because she embarrasses him. 3. The grandmother is called Nani and is a very typical grandmother is you ask me. A nice old lady with a bit of attitude and old fashioned behavior, actually reminds me a bit of my own grandmother. She doesn't care what other people thinks of herself, even though Ramesh think she embarrass him. She likes to talk about her family and want people to agree with her opinions. For example about Ramesh's education and future. She has high expectations of Ramesh and wants him to be a doctor or something big, where you get a good salary or at least can't do something good for the people, So she can be proud of him. But he says he wants to be in the
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