Punching at the Sun

Mameet Nayak and her sister were strictly monitored by their parents so that they could only hang out with girlfriend or boyfriend secretly. They are undocumented and their life is restrained. This plot reminds me of scenarios in "Trust No Aunty," which also presents extreme limitations in heterosexual relationships. The family atmosphere in the movie is depressed because of Mameet's older brother Sanjay's death. The neighborhood seems to lose the hope and Mammet Nayak viewed himself as an outsider to this world. This same emotion exists in the first chapter of "Miss Marvel," when Kamalan Khan met confrontations with Zoe and quarreled with her father. The movie and stories in the book show a struggle between the American dreams and immigrants' origins. This movie is good in that it shows a vritual world of Mammet and the real world of Mameet. The virtual world was his passed time with his elder brother, where he played happily and hopefully. However, he was hopelessly in the real world. This comparison reflects a big contrast between ideal life and real circumstances in Asian American communities.