Chapter 3 starts out with Omar’s life at school getting
picked on by bullies for being a “fat boy.” He doesn’t react to these taunts, however, because he is shameless and they soon leave him alone, which he gladly
prefers. He became a wallflower of sorts, not out of shyness or being timid, but
out of the delight he got from looking at the lives of everyone else. His voyeurism thus began when he saw two seniors canoodling in the forest. Omar
is also told about the legendary party his mothers had kept from him where he
was conceived. These stories told by other boys to anger him did not rile him
up. Instead, he ignored their remarks but always had the need to closely look at
any of the Angrez (alternative name for the British) men for some resemblance to him.
Later
on we meet Farah, who is a student of Edardo Rogeriuez just as Omar is and is
also a part of the town gossip because of the suspicious arrival of her and her
father. When Omar tries to kiss her she rejects his advances and responds, “there is something ugly about you”. After a silent moment, he asks Farah if
she has ever been hypnotized and later on we find out she is pregnant.
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