Cultural Labyrinth in the novels of Jumba Lahiri’ “The Namesake” and Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” Literature has been found over the centuries to have certain important kinds of value for human beings. It is an image of life in which is crystallized the climate of thoughts‚ feelings and aspiration of peoples. Literature reflects society and its culture. It not only highlights external appearance‚ but hints at the peculiar tendencies‚ instincts‚ and customs of the society. In this process
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Jhumpa Lahiri and Edwidge Danticat are two authors who help one better understand the theme of self-discovery‚ through their many stories. In Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies‚ her characters Mrs.Sen and Mr.Pirzada face crises as they struggle to adapt to a new country’s ethical way of life. Meanwhile‚ Danticat depicts the theme of self-discovery in her book Krik! Krak!‚ through “A Wall of Fire Rising‚” and “Children of The Sea‚” where characters face ethical crises in their homeland‚ Haiti.In both
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6/14/2013 Essay 2 final Draft. Problems of intercultural marriage People usually have strong opinions and differences when it comes to problems that face intercultural marriages. Most of the people I know my brother‚ dad and some of my friend married from different culture and each one has a story to tell. However‚ some of the problems that face intercultural marriage are culture difference‚ religion‚ and last but not the least identity conflicts. Some people think culture difference is not an
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readily adapt and embrace their new lifestyle. Nonetheless Jhumpa Lahiri uses a diverse range of characters to illustrate the human need to feel belonged to one self to others‚ to feel accepted and have a place to belong. Between the nine short stories that Jhumpa Lahiri has written she has set up a range of main characters facing similar problems contrasting their different living styles but comparing the fact that they have problems. Lahiri wants to explain that everyone can face problems. One of
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Moving to a different country is never easy and author Jhumpa Lahiri captures this struggle in the astounding book‚ The Namesake. Her words perfectly emulate the struggles each main character— Ashoke‚ Ashima and Gogol face. This book is written in a third person omniscient view which enables readers to look into the intimate thoughts of each character‚ and how they individually handle their ability to balance the Bengali and American culture. Each character’s journey to conform is unique‚ making
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2014 1st period 2003‚ Form B Outline Cultural collisions can draw attention to characters as they struggle between their personal cultural identity. These collisions often cause an individual to question who they are. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake ‚ the author explores how cultural collision can affect a specific character: Gogol. Lahiri demonstrates the theme of finding one’s identity by displaying the protagonist Gogol’s cultural collisions in each stage of his life. In each period
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Riley Quinlan Professor Sapra ENGWR 301 13 May 2017 Namesake The Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ tells the story of a Bengali-Indian family who tries their best to fit into the American culture. The mother and father‚ Ashima and Ashoke‚ are the parents of a newborn baby boy‚ who struggle to name their child after a failed telegram attempt to the Ashima’s grandmother who had the honor of naming him. The parents decide on the name of Gogol‚ based on Ashoke’s literary idol. Throughout Gogol’s life he betrays
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Lahiri divulges various facets of Ashima’s character‚ and also shows her strengths and weaknesses‚ in her book‚ The Namesake. Lahiri is telling her readers that the role of Ashima in the Indian culture is to get married‚ but not boy choice‚ bear a child‚ and to take care of the child while her husband provides the funds. Lahiri is also trying to get the readers to understand that Ashima’s life in America is a whole different lifestyle than her life in he home country. Coming from India to America
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Cultural traditions‚ migration‚ family and identity are issues which emerge throughout the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. How have various literary techniques been used to show that these issues play a major role in an individual experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging. It is evident that a number of issues can greatly affect a person’s sense of belonging in particular personal experiences and cultural background. Throughout Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake a number of these
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In Juhmpa Lahiri’s novel‚ The Namesake‚ the reader is thrust into the daily life of Gogol Ganguli. Gogol is a promising young man from a Bengali family‚ which the reader gets the pleasure of knowing since his birth. Ever since Gogol’s childhood all he ever wanted was to find a place where he could truly fit in‚ whether it be in his own culture‚ or in the American one in which he lives. During his life‚ Gogol searches everywhere to find out who he is and where he belongs. During his long search‚ young
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