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    The Namesake Identity

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    Space & Identity The story The Namesake‚ which was quickly made into a movie‚ consists of challenges that every character faces through their surroundings and their ability to adapt unto change. Each character in The Namesake obtains challenges from inhabiting or the desire to inhabit spaces‚ which define them by how they react to these situations. This paper will describe the characters actions and identities and their surroundings unto change as well as Gogol’s ambition to be an architect

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    Gogol Symbolism

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    Gogol’s The Overcoat: A Whisper of Change At first glance of Nikolay Gogol’s novel The Overcoat‚ one would only see a short story about a poor man wishing to survive in a cruel world. However‚ in looking further into the story‚ deep symbolism can be found. Gogol lived in Russia during the rise of the communist party‚ and was a great dissident of communism. He believed the inevitable end of a communist government was total failure. He also criticized the other government of the world for failing

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    The Namesake Culture

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    respond to a collision in culture‚ would you completely change your original culture‚ modify it to a certain extent‚ or not make a single altercation to your identity? In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol is caught in the midst of colliding cultures and responds by adapting to the host culture‚ the American culture. Throughout Gogol’s life‚ he faces an identification crisis and a crisis in balancing between the Bengali and American culture. Gogol slowly moves to the American culture and erases majority

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    The Gogol Family

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    without even thinking name him Gogol after a famous Russian author. Gogol’s father gave him that name serving a link to a secret past‚ and the hope of a better future. The family is forced to come to terms with living in a new culture and introducing their son to their heritage. The movie shows the families struggles‚ and hardships‚ cultural values/norms‚ deviance‚ rituals‚ cultural identity‚ gender roles‚ and how they balance the two cultures. The Indian immigrant’s son Gogol had little interest

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    Belonging - the Namesake

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    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 ---- whether it be self-inflicted alienation or alienation based on gender‚ race or language‚ whilst showing that belonging to oneself can enrich their

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    The Namesake Symbolism

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    The Namesake showcases a boy named Gogol who culturally different from the rest of society‚ and undergoes numerous life changing situations. A namesake is a person named after another. The namesake in this novel being Gogol and the author of the Overcoat‚ Nikolai Gogol but to why his father chose this name and this namesake is a mystery to Gogol Ganguli. Symbolism‚ something used quite commonly throughout the novel‚ in which it shows two major symbols. These being the nameGogol” and trains‚ all

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    title The Namesake reflects the struggle of Gogol Ganguli‚ son of Ashoke and Ashima‚ Indian immigrants to the U.S.A. to get identity in the culture where he is born and brought up with his unusual name. Names do have some meaning in India. A lot of practice is done when a child is named in India. An Indian child generally carries two names‚ a pet name and an official one. Pet names are for the family and neighbours and acquaintances. They carry or may not carry meaning. But official names are kept

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    The Namesake Analysis

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    perplexed. In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol seems to go through identity issues with his name. He struggles to find meaning in his name but as the years pass‚ he starts to understand his namesake through being able to accept his name himself. Although Ashima and Ashoke move to America‚ they seem to try to raise Gogal in their Indian culture unaware that Gogol will have to blend both being American and Indian. The first instance where Gogol seems to reject his name is in kindergarten. Here

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    Namesake Dissertation

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    Introduction In The Namesake‚ Jhumpa Lahiri provides an account of the Ganguli family‚ an Indian American family of educated‚ middle-class Bengali immigrants. Torn between two cultures and two worlds‚ the Ganguli ’s live in Suburban Massachusetts. Ashoke and Ashimi Ganguli have two children‚ Gogol and Sonia. The caste system in India impacts the lives of Ashoke and Ashimi‚ whose marriage is arranged‚ but in suburban Massachusetts such distinctions are undermined through the common ties of class

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    Gogol‚ the son‚ tries to find his own identity without losing his heritage‚ even though his parents‚ Ashoke and Ashima‚ are proud of the sacrifices they made to satisfy their family’s needs. In America‚ identity became a real encounter to the Ganguli family‚ Once Ashima made a baby boy‚ the baby name was an issue. Ashima and Ashoke were in shock they could not leave the hospital without name the baby‚ because of their home culture. Eventually‚ the couple chose a pet name for temporary

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