The narrator gives various descriptions of the characters in the car.
Ammu currently has no surname, as she can only choose between her ex-husband’s name or her father’s name.
Estha has his hair in an “Elvis puff,” and
Rahel has her hair tied up in a band called a “Love-in-Tokyo.” She is wearing a watch with the time painted on it.
Chacko, a former Rhodes scholar, quotes from
The Great Gatsby as they drive.