Chapter 29 - October

caracters:

• Manny
• Ady
• Addys brother Steve
  
• Ranjit
• Harry
• Lisa

summary:

• Manny sits with Ady in Steves house, they talk about Mannys situation (job, future, marriage, his proposition)
• Manny is angry with his family
• The family thinks that Manny is accepting his fate
• Manny tells his proposition to avoid his marriage: he wants to do a runner about a week before the day of the wedding
  
• Manny wants to get in touch with Lisa
• Ranjit and Harry threat Manny that if he doesn´t get married and damage their family Harry is gonna damage Manny

• Manjit goes with Ady to a bar
• he sees many girls but his mind is on Lisa
• goes and sits on the car-park wall -> Lisa tapps him on his shoulder -> Manny is thrilled

Vocabulary:

• hunky- dory: zufriedenstellend
• spliff: ein Joint
• nagging: Gekeife, Nörgelei
• reputation, izzat: Ansehen, Ehre, Ruf
• bulb: Glühbirne
• to brainwash: Gehirnwäsche durchführen
• wicked: geil
  
• thrilled: sich riesig freuen

by Sarah

Chapter 30 - November

persons:

• Manny
• Lisa and her family
• The girl's family
• Manny's family
• Ady

summary:

• Manny visits Lisa, and she tries to understand Mannys situation
• Manny will breaks out but not know
• Two weeks before wedding, the girl's family came and trink tea and eat samosas
• The family of Manny trie to be perfect
• Manny become money from his father, he should buys a shirt and a tie for his wedding
• The old-man tells to Manny that he wants the best for him
• Manny can counts on Ady, because he helps him in each situation

vocabs:

• samosa - dreieckige, fritierte Teigtasche, pikant gewürtzt und gefüllt mit Gemüse oder Fleisch
• tie - Schlips/Fliege

by Christine Bürk

Chapter 26

summary

persons:

Uncle Jag, Manjit, Jasbir, Inderjit,Mohan, Bahadur

content:

• Manjit stays in Adumpur
• Uncle Jag and Manjit cook a traditioncal indish dish
• Manjit has to wake up very early in the morning and he is suffering
• But they get the possibility to go somewhere else
• Manjit feels free and liberated then
• they meet Mohan, who is waiting for them in front of the house with a men that looks like him
• The person is called Bahahadur ( the nephew of Mohan) . He drives them to Delphi
• Manjiot wonders about how they had managed to get out of the house without being seen.

Vocabulary:

• to dawn- anbrechen
• to gesture- gestikulieren
• to growl- brummen/knurren
• captivity- Gefangenschaft
• emptied- entleert
• nephew- der Neffe
• pedestrian- Fußgänger

Chapter 25 (p.200-210)

summary:
When Mohan arrives with the package, Manny presents him his camera.
Jag gives Manny grey sacks for his things he wants to take back.
At the last evening in Adumpur, Manny is excited.
Inderjit wants to know for what are all the sacks for. Manny tells him the truth. Both fall in laugh and so Inderjit don´t believes it.
Manny doesn`t understand the plan of Jag and he adepts that he is the best friend for Mohan.

vocabulary:
track - a rough path or road
decoy - a thing that is used to trick sb.
to warp - to become twisted out of its natural shape because it has become too hot
hyped - hochgespielt
hammock - a type of bed made from a net and used to hang between two trees
doubt - feeling of beeing uncertain about sth. or not believe sth.
tempted to do sth. - in Versuchung etw. zu tun
penalty schoot-out - Elfmeterschießen
onions - round vegetable with many layers inside, have a strong smell
gossip - Altweibergeschwätz
pothole - a deep hole that is formed in tracks, especially by the action of water
to be knackered - fix und fertig sein

by Sandra

Chapter 24

Chapter 24 plays in August / September.
Manny got his passport back after Inderjit told him where it was, so he could leave Adumpur theoretically. Mohad says that he is going to miss "Manny-Ji", whereupon Manny forces him to stop call him "-Ji" because he's not better than Mohad just because he was born in a different caste.
At the end of the chapter uncle Jag begs Manny to pick up a package from Mohand and than get his things together that Manny wants to take to England. At this point, Manny realizes, that they are really going to leave India.

Characters:

• Manny
• Inderjit
• Uncle Jag
• Mohan
• Onkar
• Sukhit
• Jasbir
• Manpreet
• Aunt Harpal
• Jaswant

Vocabulary:

sodding : Scheiß-
to clank : klirren
to glare : strahlen
curiosity : Neugier


by Philip

Dear class,
Mr. Aqeel, a Pakistani living in Freiburg, will visit our class on Monday so we will cancel the test for the day.
See you soon,
Ms Sauer

Chapter 20 (p.156-163)

summary:

mum, dad, Uncle Piara, Harry and Baljit leave for Jullundur
Manny and Inderjit are alone at home → they can do what they want
they drink beer, smoke cigarettes
* Manny loves the way Adumpur sounds at night
Manny tells Inderjit about England (bus rides, city life)
Inderjit fells asleep

Next day:
Manny notices that Harry has taken his suitcase with him
trip to Anandpu (famous for gurudwaras) starts at 10.00 am in a mini-van (smells musty)
* Manny hopes, that Inderjit is able to show him what makes India special

characters in the van:
- driver
- Inderjit and Jasbir
- Uncle Gurvinder and his wife
- Harpal (Inderjit's oldest brother)
- Rana, his wife Sukbir and their two kids, Ranjit and Harjit
- Manny

* Manny feels strange when they pass a valley that is protected against inundations by a dam
* when they ascend the mountain, Manny becomes nervous because of the height
they explore the beautiful countryside of Anandpur
- amazing temples and gurudwaras
Manny takes a lot of pictures
At the end of the trip Manny is exhausted
Manny is frightened when he hears that they will travel back in the darkness

vocabulary:
smugly - eingebildet
firefly - Glühwürmchen
sparrow - Spatz
cockroach - Küchenschabe

by Ines

Chapter 22

summary:

This chapter ist about Manjit's youngest uncle "Jag". Jag is called the black sheep, because he is different to the rest of the family - like Manjit.
He went away from home and travelled around the world, but nobody knows, what he really is working for. Besides Jag is well educated and he speaks English without an accent.
When his father died, Jag didn't come to visit him.
Jag wants to defend Manjit. The family wants to force Manjit to become a real Punjabi. But Jag has a different opinion to the Indina's tradition. He is not as proud as the other Indians and he doesn't like to be treated respectfully because of his age.

characters:

• Jag
• Inderjit
• Uncle Piara
• Jasbir
• old man
• Ranjit
• Manjit (Manny)

vocabularies:

to intrigue: faszinieren, neugierig machen

hardly ever: fast nie; (wohl) kaum

a bloke: ein Kerl

a poof: ein Schwuler

to be gay: schwul sein

to outweigh: überwiegen

to puke: kotzen, auskotzen
the puke: die Kotze

*a disgrace: Schande

*regardless of: ohne Rücksicht auf


by Larissa

Chapter 19

-Manjit, Ranjit, Jas and Gurpal did last-minute shopping, because Ranjit, Jas and Gurpal went home earlier

-last day was bad for Manjit, because he felt homesick and wanted to do things like in Leicester

- he wanted his old life back

-after six weeks: he had enough of all the dust, the heat and the insects

-he spent the days with his cousins Inderjit and Jasbir

-his dad laughed loud about Manjit´s wish to go home-because he thought, that India is Manjit´s real home

-in the 9th week: a letter from the agent told that their passports and tickets were stolen: they were stuck there

-Manjit was depressed

-his father thought that it was God´s will

-discuss of Manjit and Harry who was base

-Inderjit told Manjit how he was bullied from is older brothers with violence

-Inderjit stole a whole box of condoms from Lally and poked little holes through the foil because of revenge

Persons:

Manjit, Ranjit, Jas, Gurpal, Inderjit, jasbit, Uncle Piara, Harry, dad

Vocabs:

*(to) envy s.o.- jmd. beneiden

well Brunnen

(to) be stuck festsitzen

(to) cheer aufmuntern

*patient- geduldig

*alleyway- Gässchen


by Katrin

Chapter 17

In this chapter Manny arrives at the village, where his uncle and hin cousins live. When he drive by taxi through this village he feels very sad, and he describes how the village looks like. He has imagined the village in an other way. In this chapter he also gets know his uncle, Piara, and his cousins Inderjit and Jasbir.

Persons:
Manny,
Uncle Piara,
Jasbir,
Inderjit,
Harry,
Jas.

Vocabs:
impatient - ungeduldig

to buzz- surren

*fade- abklingen, hier: untergehen

*dusk- Abenddämmerung (from..... 'til dawn)

*courtyard- Hof, Innenhof

puny-kümmerlich, mickrig

onion - Zwiebel

cardamom - der Kardamom

balti - auf eine bestimmte pakistanische Küche spezialisiertes Restaurant

butchering- Fleischer, Fleischerei...

by F.R.

Chapter '18

-Manny introduces his family
-chills out with his cousins and they're doing drugs
-gets to know 'dark' side of India

vocab.:

*cubicle - Kabine
irrigation - Bewässerung
tube wells - Rohrbrunnen
scrape - kratzen
roti - indisches Fladenbrot
spliff - Cannabiszigarette (joint)

by Mr. Schindler

Chapter5

In chapter 5 Manjits 9th school year begins.

Manjit finds out more details about Lisa, but they hadn’t really spoke to each other, just a few times in the holidays.

He is very interested in her, but too shy to ask her for a date.

He thinks that being turned down by her after asking her for a date would be really embarrassing.

But on the other hand, if she agrees and his family finds out about a girl, he would get into trouble.

Ady says that Manjit should speak to the girl because he thinks that she likes him a lot.

Also in chapter 5 the two friends visit Adys girlfriend Sarah and spend a nice time in her home.

On this day Manjit comes home very late and get trouble with his parents and also with his brother Harry.

He tries to destroy one of Manjits cassettes and they nearly start to fight, but than Ranjit comes and calms the situation.

by maRinschö

a swot	Streber
suntan	die Sonnenbräune
(*)aloof	distanziert, unnahbar
*crucial	entscheidend, ausschlaggebend
*to mimic	imitieren
*floorboard	Diele, Bodenbrett
haywire	Drunter und drüber gehen
*drag	schleppen

Chatper 12

Story:

Manny goes with his 2 older brothers and his old man into a pub but instead of enjoing he very dislikes it because all the poeple there are just like his brothers. When he wants to leave Harry molests him and the 2 fellows are having a fight. After Ranjit teared the tow guys apart and after his leaving Manjit compares his life to the one of his girlfriend Lisa and recognizes that the two are living in different worlds.


Vocab.:

tatty - schmuddelig
wanker/tosser - Wichser
blindfold - Augenbinde
punches - Faustschläge
(to) bother - beschäftigen

Chapter 16

Summary:
Manny decides to travel to India and there he's surprised how different India and England are. He's very surprised of the heat in India and of armed guards, too. His parents meet a couple who also want to go to Punjab. Manny is smoking a fag in the toilet and after that they eave the airport and the first thing Manny sees is that in India, a country of which his old man thinks it's the best in the world, are many beggars. He starts to realize that his life could be much worse as he sees little children living on the streets. After a 10 hours flight they have to continue their tour by driving about 8 hours bus and taxi. The streets are in a very bad shape and because it seems that in India are no driving rules, Manny is sure that he'll die, every time an other car or truck drives along.


Persons: -Manny + whole family
- couple from Manny's old man's neighbour village

Vocabs:
to ache - schmerzen / weh tun
boredom - Langeweile
to toddle - watscheln
toddler - kleines Kind
daze - betäuben / verwirren
beggar - Bettler(in)


Johnny "The Nightmare" Smith (Stefan)

Chapter 13

Summary

• Manny is invited to Lisa's house over night
• Her parents want to talk to them- to both of them about something important
• Manny had to lie to his older brother, so that he can go out over night

=>He told Ranjit, that he had an important football tribal and so he had to leave his home over night

• At Lisa's house Amanda is talking to Manny about Sex, because they are both sixteen now; Ben is talking to Lisa about the same
• Amanda is very happy, that her daughter had such a understanding boyfriend.

Characters

• Manny
• Lisa
• Amanda & Ben Jenkins (her parents)
• (Ady)

Vocabulary

• cheek = die Backe
• squeezed= gedrückt/gequetscht
• weird= eigenartig/merkwürdig
• Subliminal= das Unterbewusste
• droning= das Gedröhn

by Luisa Schemel

Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Summary

• Manny skips school to see Ady, who's no more in school
• Mr. Sandhu and Lisa worry about Manny, because they notice his slipping school-activity
• After a short time in which Manny made an effort to go to school, the night before his birthday changes the situation
• Ady convinces Manny to go out with him
• Manny takes money out of the family cash
• Contrary to expectations his dad isn't in his room waiting for him to return

=> In this chapter we can see, how Mannys effort suffers under his depressing situation. He wants to fight against it, maybe because of Lisa, but his attempt fails.

Characters

• Manny
• Ady
• (Lisa, Mr. Sandhu)

Vocabulary

• to skip sth = etw. schwänzen
• to dump = umkippen
• attempt = Anlauf
• wallet = Brieftasche
• to fret = ärgern/aufregen

by Sophie

Chapter 9

Summary

• Mr. Sandhu wants to see Manjit during the lunch break
• first M. think he`s going to get suspended

-> then: think what will be, if his family had died in an accident
-> likes this imagination but at least ashamed of himself

• Sandhu tells him, that his performance is dropping

-> asks him, if M. feels this way too
-> tells him his notes and that he`s in the below average now
-> wants to find the reason

• M. just wants to escape of the arranged marriage
• Sandhu asks about other problems with students

-> not the reason (say M.)
-> wants to find the reason as hard as he could
-> asks about M. `s realtionship with Lisa and what his parents think about it

When:

• in early June, a week and a half from summer holidays

Characters:

• Manjit
• Mr. Sandhu (very strict teacher)

Vocabs:

• *distraction - Ablenkung
• deputy head - Stellvertreter
• sweeper - Straßenkehrer
• a scrap - eine Streiterei
• *mug - große Tasse
• *to be tempted to do sth. - versucht sein, etw. zu tun
• to be tripping - auf einem Trip sein (bezügl. Drogen)
• *to dread - sich fürchten-synonym: angry,scary
• to flick - mit den Fingern schnalzen

by Natascha Seitz

Chapter Eight (p.63-68)

Summary:

-Manny's father is used to strict discipline and hard work
-He got upset because of the shoplifting -> everyone has to suffer from his anger
-He expects Manny to marry the daughter of his friend
-Manny doesn't has the opportunity to say no, though he doesn't want to marry a girl that he never met before
-His parents accuse him of ruining the familys' name

->Manny recognizes that he is supposed to marry the indian girl; he is disappointed about being the reason for his parents' grief -> he feels guilty

Characters:

-Manny
-His parents
-(Harry)

Vocabulary:

*sober - nüchtern
to tend - pflegen
*grief - feeling of sadness
*shoplifting - Ladendiebstahl
gear - (colloquial) clothes
to jumble sth. - to confuse sth.
*upbringing - Erziehung
*blackmail - Erpressung

by Alööööx

Chapter 6 (p.52-56)

Summary
- Manny is having his 10th date with Lisa
He commits her his familial situation
They talk about their parents:
Lisa’s parents: mum is teacher, dad is lectures at uni
Manny’s parents: mum has no intrests in Manny, good Punjabi wife; dad reacts like a racist
towards Ady, they want to arrange a marriage for him
- Two weeks later discussion with Ekbal, cousin:
-> Manny is in trouble, his arranged marriage is going to be certain
=> his conclusion: breaking rules to be as unacceptable as possible as a husband

Characters:
- Lisa is perfect, listens to him very carefully and holds his hand, makes Manny feeling lucky
- Ekbal warns Manny, offers him help
- Manny
- His parents
- Ady and Sarah
- Ekbal’s parents

Vocabulary:
*plain sailing – easy
*To be annoying – making you feel slightly angry
*flood – a very large amount of water that covers an area which is usually dry
*to deserve – to have earned sth. by good or bad actions or behaviour
*to get s.th.sorted out – to sucessfully deal with a problem or difficult situation
*wary - someone who is wary is careful because they think something might be dangerous or harmful


posted by Laura

Chapter Seven - pages 59-62

Summary:

--> Manny is in trouble

- he was in town with Ady and he had stolen a CD he ever wanted to have but the case was empty. .

- now the police kept him in an interview room and he had to wait for Ranjit.

- At home then Harry had beaten him and called him names and was using words he had never dare to say in front of the old man.

Striking facts:

--> Manny don’t want to marry with seventeen

- he is mad at the old man

Characters:

-Manny

-Ranjit

-Harry

-Jas

-Baljit

-policewoman

Where:

-policestation

-at home

Vocabulary:

*press charges against sb. – jem anzeigen

*to pretend – so tun als ob

Chapter four- pages 38-43

Summary

Manny is in love with the girl with the ringlets and he really looks forward to see her again. After a football game Manny goes with Ady in town, where Ady steals pens in a stationery shop. Shoplifting is like a hobby for the friends and Manny describes how it works: They steal things and sell it for the half price in school. The money they get therefore is shared.
Later, Ady and Manny go into a shop centre which is called the Shires. There they meet Sarah and Ringlets and invite them for a drink.

Vocabulary

*the/to revenge= you do something to let someone suffer, because he had let you suffer
(to) punch= to box
*stationery shop- a shop where you buy paper, pens, etc.
(to) cutch - to hold something very tight
haul-Beutezug
*(to) spot- you see someone in a crowd

by Bianca Blechner