East i East

George Khan is a Pakistani immigrant who has lived in England since 1937 and has been married to Ella, a British woman with an Iris-Catholic background, for 25 years, and has seven children with her: Nazir, Abdul, Tariq, Saleem, Maneer, Meenah and Sajid. sajid is the youngest. meenah is the girl and the only girl. 

The next crisis to fall on George is the discovery that the youngest son Sajid was accidentally not circumcised which is preferred in Islam (and which comically sends the Muslim children in the mosque into a panic). Sajid is promptly taken to hospital to get circumcised. When Ella sees the pain her son has suffered from being circumcised we get the first insight into the conflict between her clear love of her husband and her inability to stand up to him

Father - George
Mother - Ella
Nazir/Nigel
Saleem
Abdul
Tariq
Maneer/Ghandi
Sajid

Annie

Mr. Shah

The Mullah

Stella
Peggy

Earnest
Granddad/ Enoch Powel


For each character: What do they do in the film? What do they want in life? the pakistani family  will be in england but it is hard because they have another background. the father goes into the pakistanis rules but the children do all the other things there are in england.

How does George feel about being a Pakistani in England? he love to be there but the family sholuld live at the parkistani rules.

How do his sons and daughter feel growing up being Pakistani in England (answer for each character)? 

How does Anni feel about being in a mixed marriage?

What happens in the family when the father leaves the house?

What do you learn about the differences in the Pakistani and the English way to a good life?

George says to Tariq: 'The English will never respect you'. Do you think he is right in this?