would have two kids named Sonia and Gogol. Gogol the main protagonist of the film doesn’t understand why his father gave him the name Gogol. Throughout the film‚ Gogol struggle to find his identify and he started to change throughout the movie. First‚ Gogol was immature in early if the film because he was really young. He didn’t know much. He was getting bully in his English class because of his name. They were the reading he author name that has the same name as Gogol. He was smoking marijuana with
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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 all the conflicts of honoring his Indian heritage and tradition in the United States‚ and these conflicts will haunt him on his winding path of his childhood and life. Jhumpa Lahiri
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At the start of the film‚ Ashoke and Ashima leave India for America and their life together begins. The move from the big city of Calcutta to the big city of New York is much lonelier because they have no family nearby and the land is unfamiliar. The climate is also different‚ it is winter time and the weather is cold. Ashima is learning very quickly that the living conditions are different. Ashoke explains to her that they have gas twenty-four hours a day‚ and the difference between hot and
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their family functioned. The first step away from their Indian heritage occurs shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Ganguli arrive in America. A major choice is made that determines the cultural impact on the Ganguli family’s future. This mistake is when Gogol is born. Instead of waiting for the letter from the Grandmother to arrive as custom says‚ they go ahead and name the baby themselves‚ something looked down upon had they been in Calcutta. Another part of their life that changed was their eating habits
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United States‚ their adopted home. Gogol‚ their son‚ however‚ was born in the United States and is somewhat embarrassed by his parents Bengalese practices. Gogol is also uncomfortable with his name. It is neither a Bengalese nor an American name. No one he knows has a name like his. In school‚ kids make fun of it. But the conflict goes deeper than that. Gogol’s father tries to explain why he gave that name to his first-born child‚ but Gogol could not care less. Gogol‚ in his attempts to get out from
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In the age of globalisation‚ the issues of diaspora‚ transnationalism‚ cultural mongrelization‚ hybridity‚ identity crisis continuously enrich the diasporic literatures of the twenty first century. Topographical shifting‚ cultural transaction‚ multiculturalism‚ fluid identity forms a complex framework in the field of global migration. Apart from these‚ the concept of root‚ home‚ nostalgia‚ memory‚ alienation‚ hybrid identity are interlinked with the diasporic phenomenon. According to the various
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‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging.‘ Discuss this with detailed reference to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing. An individual’s connection to their family‚ a culture or place can develop a greater understanding of themselves or can act as a barrier to truly belonging. In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and Whale Rider‚ a film directed by Niki Caro‚ the barriers to belonging are
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handful of earth and some money in front of the baby to determine their future career. The objects are layed in front of Gogol and he turns away. An ‘uncle’ then proclaims that‚ “most children will grab at one of them…but Gogol touches nothing’. The inability of the baby Gogol to choose anything forshadows uncertainty plaguing him throughout his life. This contrast between Gogol and ‘most children’ makes him become different‚ which emphasis Gogol’s struggle to belong in both American and Indian civilization
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symbolizes the American tradition of dating whomever someone has interest: Gogol did not know much Ruth‚ but in the heat of the moment started to date her. Gogol‚ being Indian-American‚ denotes the culture clash. As Gogol is socializing with other families he realizes what he is unable to do around his own family: “At times‚ as the laughter at Gerald and Lydia’s table swells‚ and another bottle of wine is opened‚ and Gogol raises his glass to be filled yet again‚ he is conscious of the fact that
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migrated from territories of the republic of Jndia. The situation today is largely the "success story" of the Indian diasporas in the Silicon Valley and the other professionals mainly settled in the U.K.‚ North America and Europe. In the Namesake‚ Gogol ’s parents Ashoke and Ashima belong to this wave of immigration to the United States
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