Worksheet

Fill in the gaps with words from the box to complete this summary of East is East. 

wedding      conflict      kids      daughter      melting      traditions     British     chip     religion      Pakistani       generations     arranged     clash  living      ethnic      runs away

"East is East" was written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed

by Damien O'Donnell, and deals with the erosion of

religious (1)_____________and the gap between

(2)_______________ by balancing drama with comedy.

In the early 1970's a (3)________________father, George

Khan  owns a (4)__________________ shop in England and

has a huge mixed-ethnicity family consisting of six sons,

one (5)________________ and a (6)_______________ wife.The

seven (7)________________ all look Indian and sound

British. They see themselves as British and increasingly

reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion and (8)

__________________ in general. George insists on their following the Muslim

(9)________________ and arranged marriages to spouses not seen until the (10)

________________ day.

When the eldest son (11)_______________ from home and the next two sons rebel

against their (12)__________________ marriages, the family is forced to reconsider their

family structure.

"East is East" has some funny moments and asks its audience to reflect  on the

(13)________________ pot mentality that's so prevalent in the western world. It gives an

insight into the integration of (14)________________ minority groups into working class

groups in the 1970's, the (15) _________________ between British and Asian cultural

values and deals with the (16) ______________ that  children have with a parent who is

trying to keep his culture and tradition alive.

"East is East" stays true to the contradictions and intrincacies that exist in all families

as its characters are not good nor evil, just believably human.