The Right Passengers By Waqar Ahmed

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Engelsk B – 2. Delprøve - B 1. Summary of ”The Right Passengers” The Right Passenger, by Waqar Ahmed. The story starts out with Nadeem driving trough Manhattans Meatpacking District looking for the right passengers. He has already wasted some time being stuck in traffic and being tailed by a police car. Here he picks up a couple, a Caucasian girl and a fellow South Asian boy. The boy tells Nadeem where their destination will be, and Nadeem knows it will be a lucrative ride because they have to be dropped off two separate places. Nadeem is used to having people hooking up in the backseat of his cab, but oddly, this is the first time it had happened between a Pakistani and a Caucasian. Annoyed by what is happening, Nadeem decides to lengthen…show more content…
Nadeem also reveals that he is scared that one of his children might end up like Faisal, the Pakistani boy. Nadeem is a respectful man that expects respect from the Faisal, but still holds his tongue when he feels crossed. I believe that he somehow feels a connection with Faisal, otherwise he wouldn’t have let him walk off without paying. Maybe it is because they are both from Pakistan, or maybe it is because the boy put some valid thoughts in Nadeems head. 3. The conflict between Nadeem Riaz and Faisal. The conflict starts when Faisal asks Nadeem if he is having a bad day. He does this with a carefree attitude. Nadeem asks for how long Faisal will use the girl, and they get into a discussion about exploiting, Faisal using the girl and Nadeem using the country. Because of where Nadeem comes from, he believes it is sinful to do what Faisal and the girl did in the backseat of the taxi. But Faisals comeback almost flabbergasts Nadeem. When Faisal says to Nadeem that he plans to use the girl for as long as Nadeem plans to use the country, Nadeem has to tell himself that the boy is drunk and just talking
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