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 Aravind Adiga‚ provides a darkly humor perspective of India’s lower class struggle as the main character‚ Balram Halwai
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a novel by By- NAME- ISHANI CHATTERJEE CLASS- BJMC 2C ROLL NO.- A2028710087 [BOOK SUMMARY‚REVIEW AND COMPARISON WITH THE MOVIE BY MIRA NAIR]
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1. Explain how the relationship between Ashoke‚ Ashima‚ and Gogol develops throughout the novel. The theme of the relationship between parents and children becomes prominent‚ as Gogol grows old enough to interact with his parents as a child. During his young adulthood‚ Gogol is impatient with his parents and they‚ likewise‚ feel unable to relate to their American children. Gogol begins to feel tender toward his father after his death. He now understands the guilt and uselessness his parents had
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cultural dilemma and diasporic sensibility are explored through the characters and setting of the Novel. Language carries the culture and the skillful use of language brings home the heightened sense of homecoming‚ The protagonists Ashima and Gogol stages become obsessed at different to absorb the world inherited and finally in the process of assimilation they long for belonging.A balance is finally struck in their lives. Introduction: The Namesake is the cross cultural
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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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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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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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Home In the novel‚ “The Namesake” Gogol is trying to search for his identity and who he wants to be but she is also searching for the definition of a home. He has moved so many times that he started not seeing them as homes‚ but just a place they would have been staying at for a while. The definition of a home is a place that you feel happy at because of all the memories you have. A home is a place where you are loved and you know you are safe and not judged. Gogol does not know how this feels because
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from India and attempt to embed Gogol Ganguli with traditional Indian culture. Gogol rejects these attempts‚ pushing him farther into the American Lifestyle. While Ashima’s family ties bonds her to multiple cultures‚ Gogol’s family and their forceful approach to raising Gogol makes him repel Indian culture. Gogol has an affinity for non-Indian women‚ yet ultimately settles with a woman named Moushumi. This second generation Indian immigrant is very similar to Gogol. She too rebuffed her stern parents
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