Cuckoo's Nest Character

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TWO CHARACTERS FROM EAST IS EAST 1. Mr Khan is the head of the family and although he loves his family, he cares more for his own image and dignity than their happiness. He has conflicts in his mind that his family may never be able to fit into the Pakistani culture and way of life considering that his British wife has raised his kids in a western way. Mr Khan, expects his family to follow Pakistani ways, but his children, who were born and grew up in Britain, see themselves as British and reject Pakistani customs of dress, food, religion, and living in general, leading to a rise in tensions and conflicts in the family. He has conflict in his mind that his family can never fit into his community, he also feels pressured to fit into his community hence he forces his family to adapt to the culture of the community for example, having to persuade his wife to carry out circumcision on his son on discovery that the youngest son Sajid was accidentally not circumcised as is preferred in Islam, Sajid is promptly taken to the hospital to get circumcised. He also expresses his embarrassment about his son Nazir…show more content…
Peggy is a chubby girl who accompanies her best friend Stella wherever she goes, even to the alley way where Stella and Tariq have a regular snogging session. Most of the time, Peggy watches Stella nearby, and is portrayed as a 'fat slag' who is not just unattractive but also sexually desperate and shameless. Thus, when Tariq tries to bargain away free chips for a week after calling her "fat arse", Peggy demands a bottle of coke as well and a snog from his brother Saleem., Peggey, Stella's best friend appears jealous of Stella's relationship with Tariq and tries desperately to find a boyfriend, but she thinks she is overweight and her figure puts other boys off. This therefore affects her self-esteem. she is later implied to have a romantic fling with Saleem when he made a sculpture of her private part as an art work which made her very angry with

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