Part 10 Summary

Maan is bored in the village and finds the Muslim lifestyle strange. He debates whether the women in Rasheed's family actually exist. Maan is caught up in political situations and conversations, but shows no real interest in them. He comes alive at the suggestion of a wolf hunt, however. There is a hint of the trend toward modernization in the country when it is observed that the general public is developing a preference for films. There is conflict during the wolf hunt when two hunters leave the place they had been stationed and come within to range of rifle fire from across the way. Maan is quite angry over this breech which allows a large wolf to get away. This might be symbolic of the Zamindari Act where opposition grows from two different sides. Maan talks his way into a stay at the...