Of White Hairs and Cricket

by

Rohinton Mistry

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Pesi Character Analysis

Pesi is one of the narrator’s friends and Dr Mody’s son. Pesi used to make the narrator laugh by talking about his father passing gas, making the narrator wish that he felt comfortable telling personal stories about Daddy. At the time of the story, Dr Mody has died, and Pesi is off at boarding school.
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...and none of them have anything that’s so “personal” they can’t talk about. His friend Pesi used to talk about his father passing gas, but his father is dead now, and... (full context)
Time, Decay, and Mortality Theme Icon
...the narrator sees Dr Sidhwa drive by and wave. He thinks Dr Sidhwa looks like Pesi’s father, Dr Mody; they have the same crow’s feet. But Dr Mody treated pets, whereas... (full context)