The parallels between Begum and Flares are stark too. Lost, confused and hungry for attention and acceptance he donned his brown beanie and corduroys and tried to fit in with a new community. After years of being raped, manhandled and the oddness of his attempt in plain view for all to see, he returned to obscurity, now angry, ostracised and even more lost but not forgotten as people regale about the absurdity of his existence in the first place, resigned to talking about his horrific fashion sense.
