could not have happened otherwise‚ and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.” - Nikolai Gogol. This is the epigraph for the Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake‚ for the quote foreshadows a lot of what the novel contains and helps us understand the difference between what we’re being told and what we’re‚ seeing. Jhumpa Lahiri chooses to start with a quote from Nikolai Gogol for it connects to both The Overcoat and The Namesake for names having more meaning than a label. Jhumpa
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Jhumpa Lahiri‚ there are several events and scenes that are interpreted differently throughout the film and book. The book is based on Gogol Ganguli‚ the son of immigrant parents Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli who struggles with his double identity and rebellion towards his family. The movie is quite different with its focus on the parents and their relationship more than Gogol‚ the main character. The characters in the book that are portrayed by the actors in the film are very important because it subtracts
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this reading‚ Anzaldua goes into the fact that sometimes you can feel as if you belong to either side of yourself fully. “We call ourselves Mexican-American to signify we are neither Mexican nor American.” In this section of the chosen time span‚ Gogol leads everyone through the crowd with such ease that it is as if he has always done this and has always been in India. However‚ he still gets stressed as if he doesn’t know how to deal with it‚ because he in fact does not‚ because he grew up in the
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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 Gogol meets a beautiful‚ New York Intellectual
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feel a sense of belonging and not belonging. In the first text The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri which is about the Ganguli family‚ Ashima‚ Ashoke‚ Sonia and Gogol‚ but the story is mainly focused on Ashima and Gogol. In the novel we see the views of Gogol and how he feels about his traditional indian family‚ and we see Ashima’s views of how Gogol chooses to live in a westernised way. The type of audience that the Namesake aims at is young adults to adults‚ people who like reading about the Indian
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predominantly involves the collision between the two cultures American and Bengali. It not only determines the clash between the different generations but also vivid ideologies affecting the lives of middle class family and especially the life of Gogol. Jhumpa Lahiri tries her best to portray the lifestyle of a very simple Bengali Family residing in abroad away from their homeland India in a simple yet elegant way. The main purpose of writing this research paper is to reveal the interstitial intricacies
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The title The Namesake reflects the struggle of Gogol Ganguli‚ son of Ashoke and Ashima‚ Indian immigrants to the U.S.A. to get identity in the culture where he is born and brought up with his unusual name. Names do have some meaning in India. A lot of practice is done when a child is named in India. An Indian child generally carries two names‚ a pet name and an official one. Pet names are for the family and neighbours and acquaintances. They carry or may not carry meaning. But official names are
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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 why Gogol thought that is because his family was totally different than other American families and in some cases he was ashamed to accept his
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with various religious and ideological differences. The novel comprises of various characters‚ but the book revolves around Gogol/ Nikhil‚ the protagonist of the story. Gogol is an American Indian‚ who lives with his family in Boston. He moves on to several other places as he grows up. Gogol is a perfect example of reinvention as he tries to officially change his name from Gogol to Nikhil before leaving for college. The protagonist suffers from a major identity crisis because he tries to juggle between
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Why is naming so important? • For Gogol‚ his name is a source of embarrassment and for his father it is more of salvation • His name is the start of his family traditions‚ but he eventually does not follow any of the traditions Does your name identify who you are? • A person’s name is an identifier and may end up being more than just a name • A name may connect with something else (like naming after a grandparent to represent them) – Gogol’s name represents his father’s close to death experience
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