The Family of Manny

	Manny	Harry	Ranjit	Mother	Father
Language	Colloquial English; a bit Punjabi; youth slang	Colloquial English and Punjabi; informal	Good Punjabi, but bad English	Punjabi, but bad English	Punjabi, but bad English
Education /Job	Good marks; likes school	Works in the same factory as his father	Works in the same factory as his father	Has no education; No job, but good housewife	Works in a factory; Education is not important
Religion	Sikhs	Sikhs	Sikhs	Sikhs	Sikhs (pretends to be religious but is not really (always drunken))
Ethnicity	His family wants a good Punjabi boy; he wants to be British	Glad to conserve Punjabi traditions	Proud be a Punjabi	Is from India (Punjab)	From Punjab
Friends	Ady is his best friend; Lisa is his girlfriend later	He has only Punjabi friends	He has only Punjabi friends	No real friends (maybe in India)	Has friends in India as well as in a bar in Leicester
Philosophy of Life	Wants to live free (no arranged marriage); wants to have a good education	Wants to keep traditions	Wants to conserve customs and traditions	Keeps traditions	Idol for his older sons; Keeps tradtions
Role in family	Opposite of the rest family members: they conserve traditions, he is of the new generation	His father is his Idol	Wants to be like his father; Is the oldest son	Good Punjabi Housewife in the eyes of Manny's father	Dominant, alcoholic, racist, head of family, often hits Manny
Attitude towards Britain	He wants to be British, so he has British friends and he likes the country and the culture	Wants rather live in India, but in Leicester he can work	Is a racist, so he doesn`t like British people	Doesn't feel comfortable in Leicester, but is glad that her family members are earning money	Does not accept British culture, but he earns money there