us to create a sense of identity for ourselves and helps us feel as though we ‘fit in’. In the following texts; Novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ film‚ Bend it Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha and the song‚ Teenagers by My Chemical Romance; we can see links between the texts and how the characters 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
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Chantelle Rivera English- Anderson October 22nd‚ 2014 The Journe The Namesake‚ The White Tiger‚ and The Kite Runner all illustrate forgiveness along with redemption in their own ways. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ examines nuances involved being caught up between two conflicting cultures with distinct religious and social differences. Also‚ it incorporates Gogol‚ the main character‚ and his struggles between his Indian heritage and American background. In the novel‚ The White Tiger written by
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BELONGING ESSAY- THE NAMESAKE AND HOMELAND “Understanding nourishes belonging. A lack of understanding prevents it”. An individual desires to belong but there are obstacles and difficulties in achieving this sense of belonging. One of these main barriers is a lack of understanding of belonging. This is portrayed inThe Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ where Ashima’s lack of understanding of culture and place causing isolation and prevents her from belonging in America. Furthermore‚ understanding yourself
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immigrant narrative (in Lahiri; Ashoke’s obsession with Nikolai Gogol); intersections between Gogol’s The Overcoat and Lahiri’s The Namesake (common themes‚ the question of “finding oneself‚” finding one’s subjectivity); the construction of the immigrant‚ racial “Other” in the immigrant narratives (in Lahiri and/or Chehade); the problem of naming in Lahiri’s The Namesake; the sociopolitical context and its incorporation into Fuller’s memoir narrative; the inversion of the problem of racism in
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Not only does Gogol Ganguli have a pet name turned good name‚ but also a last name turned first name. And so it occurs to him that no one he knows in the world‚ in Russia or India or America or anywhere‚ shares his name. Not even the source of his namesake. (4.26) Gogol’s name doesn’t tie him to any specific culture‚ which is a big problem for our boy. If you don’t belong to a culture‚ how do you handle the world as a whole? Where’s your frame of reference? Whom do you look to for an example?
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www.the-criterion.com The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN-0976-8165 The Treatment of Immigrant Experience in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Name Sake D.Ebina Cordelia Assistant Professor in English Holy Cross College‚Tiruchirappalli Tamilnadu. Indian writing in English is one of the voices in which India speaks. It spreads the traditional and cultural heritage of India within India and also introduces it to the whole world. It is Indian in sensibility‚ thought‚ feeling and emotion
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The Namesake isn’t a word at all. It is a date. 1968‚ to be exact. But in many ways it is fitting that the opening line of Lahiri’s captivating novel takes the reader back in time‚ for much of the story is an examination of the tension between past and present. And it is that tension between what was and what is – never far from Lahiri’s or the reader’s mind – that drives the narration‚ colors the drama‚ and shapes the lives of the novel’s characters. As The Namesake opens
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Opposing American culture later in life after a split with Maxine‚ Gogol turns to a longtime family acquaintance‚ Moushumi Mazoomdar‚ who later becomes his wife after a quick marriage. Moushumi’s parents are also from Bengal creating a familiar feeling as both Gogol and Moushumi feel torn between their two backgrounds. Gogol is intrigued with Moushumi after their first arranged date together believing that‚ “her very familiarity that makes him curious about her” and becoming “lost in his own thoughts
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Abstract This paper is about different relationships that we have with different people. It discusses the importance of communication in any kind of a relationship and how it affects us. The paper also talks about the three most important relationships we have in our life‚ which are with family‚ friendship‚ and our romantic partner. It discusses different strategies of enhancing our relationships and how we can manage them better. Keywords: relationships‚ communication‚ strategy‚ family‚ friend
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The many relationships we encounter over our life time is what forms and molds us as humans. The way people interact with each other is based on the relationship they have with each other. There are many different types of relationships. For example there are Professional Relationships such as the relationship between you and your business partner or people in your work place. The Three main relationships you develop are Family Relationships‚ Friend Relationships‚ and Romantic Relationships. Family
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