Throughout the Namesake‚ Jhumpa Lahiri uses both diction and the theme of isolation to show how Ashima and Ashoke constantly oppose Gogol and his beliefs because of the different cultures in which they grew up. After moving to the United States‚ Ashima and Ashoke possess an extreme sense of seclusion because they must raise a son in a foreign country that they are not familiar with. While Ashima lies in the hospital bed waiting to give birth to Gogol‚ she immediately feels isolated. Without Ashoke
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In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the protagonist‚ Gogol‚ faces many challenges due to his ethnicity and regional differences. Lahiri’s purpose is to portray Gogol conflicting within himself‚ on how to act in order to advise the audience how cultural collision will affect people’s lives. The author’s treatment of Gogol having trouble on what to do throughout the novel relates to the overall meaning of the novel showing that people who have different cultures have a difficult time adjusting
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“A Temporary Matter‚” by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ displays how a married couple’s relationship is affected by the loss of a child. Before their tragedy‚ they were pleased with one another. However‚ when Shoba gives birth to a stillborn child‚ the couple isolated themselves from each other. Shoba distracted herself by working and keeping with her routine while Shukumar lost motivation to finish school. The death of their son created detachment and reticence in their marriage in contrast to their abiding love
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gift‚ something truly miraculous. A person’s own family is the greatest wealth that one can ever possess but it is upon an individual to realize the true worth of the love and blessings that his own family has to offer them. In “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri” Gogol’s drastic journey to adulthood filled with unexpected and emotional experiences makes him eventually realize the importance of family in his life. In Gogol’s early twenties all he thought about was to get away from his family. The reason
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Mina’s Secret In "Interpreter of Maladies‚" Jhumpa Lahiri uses Mina Das’s red outfit as a way to represent an unfaithful woman‚ who is disconnected from her roots‚ and has fallen out of love with life. Her guilt from keeping a secret that one of her children is not from her husband‚ but from an affair‚ has caused her to act in a very distant and uncaring way. Through the family’s visit to the Sun Temple‚ and the hills at Udayagiri and Khandagiri in India‚ accompanied by Mr. Kapasi‚ a Gujarati interpreter
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s remorseful short story “A Temporary Matter” demonstrates a loss of faith as grief exposes differences. In modern Boston‚ a young couple has begun to isolate themselves from each other and lose interest in their well-being. It has been six months after the stillbirth of Shoba and Shukumar’s first child. Shukumar stays at home all day and puts off his dissertation while Shoba‚ who used to be a busy body around their home‚ now stays away from the house as much as possible. The electricity
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Interpreter of Maladies depicts the language and cultural barriers many immigrants face upon arriving in America. In “Mrs. Sen’s‚” Jhumpa Lahiri introduces us to Mrs. Sen‚ an Indian woman living in a university apartment with her husband. Lahiri uses a handful of symbolism and foreshadowing from the very beginning‚ giving us the impression that Mrs. Sen does not feel at home. She uses many references to India‚ the refusal for the culture from an anxious mother‚ and the acceptance of the culture in
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Throughout the collection of short stories‚ Interpreter of Maladies‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ many characters have varying levels of success assimilating and accepting American customs. People face adapting to new cultures in various ways‚ which is reflected in the short stories “Mrs. Sen’s” and “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine”‚ as Mrs. Sen completely isolates herself from society and is unwilling to change her routine to work in America‚ opposed to Lilia’s family‚ that views their new home as a safe place
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Jhumpa Lahiri has an important place among the contemporary writers. She got fame with her first collection of short-stories title Interpreters of Maladies which won for her the coveted Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Namesake is her first novel and has been followed by Unaccustomed Earth‚ another collection of short- stories. It has been one of the best-sellers and has been named as the ‘Best Book of the Year’ (2003) by the USA Today. Based on this novel‚ the film of the same name directed by
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better or worse‚ the location plays a significant role in one’s identity. Imagine just travelling a million miles across the two Easts and the two Wests to reach a perceived notion of bliss. The following texts analyzed: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri & The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III‚ explore the pattern of the sociocultural effect(s) of immigration on the livelihood of immigrants. Furthermore‚ the topics explored through this paper tie to the following comparison(s) of themes
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