The film explores cultural identity and tends to reflect at key turning points in the story on the Russian “pet” name‚ Gogol‚ that Ashoke gave his son in honor of the author of a book he had been reading on a train prior to its crash. The parents cling to their Indian heritage and watch in quiet dismay as their children embrace and favor American culture. Though Gogol embraced his name as a child above his formal name of Nickhal‚ he changed it to Nick in High School after being teased and
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status as a “Bildungsroman”. Sympathy and affection is created for Gogol‚ making the tone of this final passage pensive and sentimental. It delivers the climax where Gogol is finally able to find balance in issues that had been bothering him throughout the novel. One of the key concerns dealt with in this passage is the importance of a name.This is the first time following the death of Ashoke that Lahiri zooms into the thoughts of Gogol. The passage opens with a third person limited perspective “The
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There are many factors that affected people to be what they are now. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol‚ the main character‚ developed from a child attached to his family to a teenager that often rejects his parents and their Bengali culture. As a young boy‚ he was very close to his parents‚ especially his mother‚ and would listen to them‚ but as he grew up‚ it eventually changed. He wasn’t as close to his parents as he was when he was at a young age. He rejected his family and his culture because
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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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“The Overcoat”and Slavic Folk Beliefs In the nineteenth century‚ much of Eastern Europe had a fascination with Slavic folk beliefs. During this time‚ people questioned the existence of mythological creatures‚ especially those which were believed to be somewhere between dead and alive(3). The word “vampire” was introduced in to the Slavic languages in the late eighteenth century and the term “unclean forces” began to be widely recognized by nineteenth century Russian peasants (1). References to
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circumstance he struggles to fit in both the America society and his Bengali home as he feels his name does not belong in either culture. On page 100 we see Gogol’s frustration with his name‚ “the only person who didn’t take Gogol seriously‚ the only person who tormented him.. was Gogol..” Here the author has demonstrated to the reader that nobody else judges him for his name‚ yet he feels that he does not belong. This reflects Gogol’s insecurity with his name making him feel out of place in both cultures
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Quote 1 They’ve learned their lesson after Gogol. They’ve learned that schools in America will ignore parents’ instructions and register a child under his pet name. The only way to avoid such confusion‚ they have concluded‚ is to do away with the pet name altogether‚ as many of their Bengali friends have done. (3.56) Poor Gogol. As the first born‚ he’s the guinea pig for Ashoke and Ashima. The lessons they learn from raising him prepare them for the challenges of raising their second child‚ who
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out and not visually appealing. One might see Akaky and not give him a second look because of his overcoat‚ the same phenomenon is happening to Akaky himself. Early in the story it is stated that‚ “In the department he was shown no respect at all” (Gogol). It is arguable that the overcoat of Akaky is the materialization of the disrespect being shown to him by his co-workers. Another relation between Akaky and his overcoat is that the overcoat which contains a multitude of holes that is being patched
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all play a key role in purveying the messages the director wanted to get across. When the Ganguli family has to move from India to New York we see how relationships change and how Ashima has to change in order to adapt to the American lifestyle. Gogol who is Ashima’s son first started having a relationship outside his culture and without the backing from his parents with a wealthy white girl‚ Max. In the Bengali culture it is not accepted to have a relationship outside the same ethnicity. At first
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"The Overcoat" tells the story of Akaky Akakyevich‚ an impoverished government clerk who lives a solitary life. One day he realizes that his winter overcoat has become worn out. He takes it to the tailor to be mended but is told that it cannot be repaired and that he will have to have a new one made. Akaky undergoes extreme deprivation in order to save money for a new overcoat. In the process‚ the coat begins to take a central role in his life and he begins to view the garment as the key to his future
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