"Ady were a prelude to my future.Like a one minute trailer to a film a taste of what was to come."

This quotation is from page 14 in the last two lines of chapter one.
Our task was to comment on this quotation:

In my Opinion, this sentence is very important, and plays a kind of main role in the whole novel, because Ady (Adrian) is Mannys best friend all the time, altough Manny stays in India for a very long time. Ady always supports Manny with his problematic family situation. He never leaves him alone. This is a real (best) friendship. Both of them know each other since Junior School, and grew up together. It seems as if the friedship does not have a future, because Mannys father does not like Ady because of his different culture background. Ady is black Jamaican. Mannys father always discriminates him by calling him "kalah" or " goreh". Ady and Manny also share the same hobbies. in Their free time they play football together. While reading the whole novel the reader gets the impression that they belong together. The quotation which says that his adventures with Ady are a prelude to his future is very important, because at the end they are still together. Manny wants to live his own life, independent from all the traditions and away from his family. Ady is the one who helps Manny so i can imagine that they will also spend their future together.