Vicky, Henrik, Line P

1.       p. 128, l. 1 – p. 128, l. 15: ”Not a sound sleeper”
p. 128, l. 16 – p. 128, l. 30: ”Scratching and scuffy noises”
p. 128, l. 31 – p. 129, l. 11: ”It was mice!”
p. 129, l. 12 – p. 129, l. 26: ”Opinion confirmed, what do to?”

p. 129, l. 27 – p. 130, l. 23: ”At Sainsbury’s”
p. 130, l. 24 – p. 130, l. 32: ”Setting the trap”
p. 130, l. 33 – p. 131, l. 12: ”Hiding the problem from Kumar”
p. 131, l. 13 – p. 131, l. 36: ”Rat race”
p. 131, l. 37 – p. 132, l. 6: ”Calling the Council”
p. 132, l. 7 – p. 132, l. 41: ”They came over on the ships”
p. 132, l. 42 – p. 133, l. 7: ”Intruders”
p. 133, l. 8 – p. 134, l. 29: ”Underground rushhour”
p. 134, l. 30 – p. 135, l. 2: ”So what do we do next?”
p. 135, l. 3 – p. 135, l. 17: ”Just below the surface”

2.       A first person narrator - The narrator talks to you and are a part of the story. Showed at p. 128, l5 - 8, where Indrani talks about her husband and talks to the reader.

3.       Indrani is very worried (p. 128, l. 3: […]people putting horrible things through letterboxes, you can’t be to careful.”) and dependent on others. (p. 129, l. 24: ”[…] Kumar always takes me shopping.”) She cares about what other people think about her, and easily gets embarrised. (p. 130, l. 3: ”From then on I was too embarresed to go anywhere except to places where you can help yourself.”)

4.       The story takes place in Wansted, a middle class suburb in England where Indrani and Kumar have moved to from the city where they lived in a lower class apartment.

5.       The rats symbolizes the immigrants. We can see that when the Council workers comes to Indrani and Kumar’s home to sort out the rat problem. You can almost change the word rats with immigrants and the text will still make sense in a racist kind of charater.

6.       "Just below the Surface" hints to the underlying racism that hunts the middleclass or higher class society. Just below the surface could also mean that the "ugly" truth hides or gets hidden.

7.       Immigrants, racism, clash of cultures, women’s rights, sweeping the problems under the rug instead of facing them.