November 24‚ 2013 Professor Lyn Megow English 100.02 Compare and Contrast of the Namesake In The Namesake based on the book and movie by 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
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New Delhi: Khosla Publishing House‚ 2002. Print. “Diaspora.” Oxford Dictionary Online. 2011. n.pag. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. Grossman‚ Lev. “Jhumpa Lahiri: The Quest Laureate.” Time Magazine 08 May 2011: n. pag. Web. 13 Aug. 2011. Kadam‚ Mansing G. “The Namesake: A Mosaic of Marginality‚ Alienation‚ and Nostalgia and Beyond.” Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Prespective. Ed. Nigamananda Das. Delhi: Pencraft International‚ 2008. Print. Lahiri‚ Jhumpa. Interview by Barbara Kantowitz. “Who Says There’s No Second Act
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order to speak with Verloc‚ without knowing that the Assistant Commissioner had left with Verloc earlier that evening. The Chief Inspector tells Mrs. Verloc that he had recovered an overcoat at the scene of the bombing which had the shop’s address written on a label. Mrs. Verloc confirms that it was Stevie’s overcoat‚ and that she had written the address. On Verloc’s return‚ he realises that his wife knows her brother has been killed by Verloc’s bomb‚ and confesses what truly happened. A stunned
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tragic. At this moment Sherlock is approached by a woman. The woman looks younger‚ in her late twenties I would say‚ she had light brown silky hair & she was tall and a very fit woman at that. She had beautiful big green sad eyes and a big black overcoat on with a slouched posture. The young woman had her hair drooped over the side and pinned back out of her face. She stood over us for quite some time‚ then bursted into tears‚ Sherlock then went to the next table got a chair and offered her to sit
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anguish‚ along with the spiritual and mental torture that accompanies the burning agony of Hell he dwells upon. In the same way that Stephen is entrapped in his personal Hell due to his disobedience and sins he commits against the Lord‚ his mythical namesake‚ Daedalus‚ was cast into the labyrinth that was his own creation when he disobeyed orders from King Minos. In Daedalus’ story‚ he was in the labyrinth with the terrifying Minotaur‚ just as Stephen is threatened by the many beasts within his own soul
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and martial difficulties. Also‚ the disconnection between first and second generation United States immigrants. It was highly praised by American critics and sold 600‚000 copies. Also‚ it received the 2000 Pulitzer price for Fiction The namesake “The Namesake” was Lahiri’s first novel and was published in 2003. The story spans over thirty years in the Ganguli family. The Calcutta born parents emigrated as young adults to The United States Of America with their children Gongol and Sonia where they
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"Compare the ways in which cross-cultural identity is explored in Alice Pung’s Unpolished Gem and Mira Nair’s The Namesake" The struggle to find self identity within the upbringing of two different and contradictory cultural groups is the main theme for Alice Pung’s memoir Unpolished Gem and Mira Nair’s film The Namesake. The main characters for each‚ Alice Pung and Gogol Ganguli respectively grow up the children of immigrants from developing to western countries who are torn between respecting
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The 1950’s was a time of change‚ wars were happening around the world. Not only were wars happening in the 1950’s vaccines were being made to help those who were sick or injured. The vaccine for Polio was invented in 1952 by Alexander Fleming then it was adjusted. Vaccines weren’t the only thing being invented in the 1950’s‚ a credit card was made on October 31‚ 1950 the credit card went worldwide trending. The 1950’s was a time were it was turning from having dull items to newer more advanced items
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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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differentiated‚ heterogeneous‚ contested spaces even as they are implicated in the construction of common ‘they’. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” tells the story of the Ganguli family over the course of thirty years. The immigrant is constantly struggling with the memories of his homeland and the realities of the new world. This constant struggle is portrayed “The Namesake” as first generation immigrants and their children struggle to find their places in society. The Ganguli parents struggle with adapting
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