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- The wartime event that forms the lasting bond between Archie and Samad is their decision to execute Dr. Marc-Pierre Perret, the Nazi scientist. Like many decisions taken by the two men over the years, the plan is formed under the influence of alcohol, and Samad is the instigator.
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Samad rejects this view because he admires Pande as a man who is willing to kill when his family and way of life are under attack. Recalling the murder that Archie committed during the war, Samad admires Archie as the same kind of man as Mandal Pande.
The reader has already discovered, in Chapter 3, that Archie will continue to call Samad an Indian, long after Samad’s nation becomes East Pakistan and then Bangladesh, even though Samad frequently corrects Archie’s mistake.
Samad tries to fix the destroyed tank radio, and Archie attempts to help: the two gradually become better friends. Samad and Archie are forced to develop a friendship, despite their clear differences: Archie, a white man, has never encountered someone from Bangladesh before.
Samad Iqbal is a middle-aged Bangladeshi immigrant who fought in World War II with Archie Jones, who becomes Samad’s close friend. After the war, he moves to Archie’s neighborhood in London with his new wife, Alsana Iqbal.
Samad has confessed to Archie that he cheated on Alsana, and Archie tells him to meet him at O’Connell’s at four o’clock, but at 4:15, Archie hasn’t showed up.
Samad served in World War II with Archie. He is a devout Muslim who struggles to follow the strict rules of his faith. Like other men in his culture, Samad takes patriarchal power for granted and tries to control everyone in his family.
When Archie arrives, Samad explains that ever since the afternoon on the park bench, he is plagued with visions of his sons when he is with Poppy. Mickey tells Archie that Samad can either send his sons to be raised traditionally in India, or accept that they have been and will continue to be corrupted. Samad decides to send his sons to India.
