Q&A Slumdog millionaire blog #4 A Brother's Promise

     In this Chapter A Brother's Promise, another sad story is being told by Ram which is relevant to life because what his friend experienced happens in people's daily lives. First, Ram talks about his daily horoscope that says "he should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision". Which means that he should think before he acts which is a very good advice in my opinion because it'll help him live life easier. A new character named Mr Ramakrishna, the administrator of the chawl is introduced in this chapter. Salim and Ram are told that new tenants will be moving in the room next to theirs. Ram meets a girl named Gudiya who is older than him and lives with her father Mr Shantaram who is an astronomer science. But soon, Ram finds out that Mr Shantaram has an alchohol addiction which leads to abuse and molestation to his daughter Gudiya. Ram finds out by putting a steal cup against the wall to hear everything thats going on in the adjacent room which I find smart because I would be curious to know what my room mates are talking about too. At one point Gudiya gets her face burnt with a first degree burn and she is about to be molested by her father but Ram finds out there is a hole he can put his hand through, so he did and made a promise that he will protect her because she says he's like a brother she's never had before. Although, near the end of the chapter, Ram takes action and pushes Mr Shantaram down the stairs and runs away because he wanted to take action and keep his promise that he made to Gudiya. In the end of the chapter, Smita remains quiet for the whole time while Ram was telling the story and the third question for the show was "Which is the smallest planet in our solar system? Is it a) Pluto, b) Mars, c) Neptune or d) Mercury?" Ram answered with A) Pluto and got it correct and won five thousand rupees.