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Forced into this role, the narrator recounts how they adapted their speech and behaviour to fit in, describing episodes that felt alien to their upbringing in a diverse neighborhood dominated by Pakistani culture. This led to a profound identity crisis; they felt like an outsider among "public school boys" and wealthy peers. The emptiness of adopting an artificial persona became evident when the lifestyle choices contrasted sharply with their own history of hardship, adding to the struggle of reconciling who they were with the expectations of their environment.