Of White Hairs and Cricket

by

Rohinton Mistry

Percy Character Analysis

Percy is the narrator’s older brother. Percy is in college, and because Daddy thinks he needs to focus on his studies, he never has to pluck white hairs from his father’s head like the narrator does. When Mamaiji sneaks spicy food to her grandchildren, Percy’s stomach handles it much better than the narrator’s does.
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Of White Hairs and Cricket
...jokes that it is the narrator’s laziness that makes it take longer. The narrator’s brother, Percy, never has to pluck hairs from his father’s head, and if the narrator asks his... (full context)
After his cricket save, the narrator’s best friend, Viraf, was impressed. The narrator wishes that Percy had been there to see, but he had lost interest in cricket by then. Now,... (full context)
When Percy was around, he also got to eat Mamaiji’s spicy food, and Percy’s stomach is more... (full context)