In the book The Namesake‚ there is a boy named Gogol Ganguli. Gogol’s name is very different compared to everyone else and he has struggles with having a different/unique name. When I first started reading the book in class‚ Gogol’s name really stuck out to me. The reason being because of how unique it was. I feel bad about how Gogol had struggles with his name because I felt that everyone should love their name‚ no matter what anyone else thinks about it. Now‚ I don’t personally have a different/unique
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town‚ that he will continue to dwell in her mind.” (The Namesake‚ 278-279). Towards the end of the story Lahiri portrays the imbalance feeling of Gogol. Now he feels comforted by the mystery behind choosing that name for him. At 32‚ he feels proud for his name and its meaning‚ Nikhil Gogol Ganguly accepted his name and destiny. Now he feels burden of his hating himself for hating his name. He deeply ponders over his name‚ his identity‚ his namesake and realizes that one has to take the responsibility
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Moving to a different country is never easy and author Jhumpa Lahiri captures this struggle in the astounding book‚ The Namesake. Her words perfectly emulate the struggles each main character— Ashoke‚ Ashima and Gogol face. This book is written in a third person omniscient view which enables readers to look into the intimate thoughts of each character‚ and how they individually handle their ability to balance the Bengali and American culture. Each character’s journey to conform is unique‚ making
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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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AAKHRI TAXI MUMBAI ‚ SAPNO KA SHEHER YAHA NA JANE KITTNE LOG APNAI SAPNAI LEKE ATEIN HAI .AUR KITTNO KAI SAPNE UNN KI ANKHO KAI SAMNE CHUR CHUR HO KAR BHIKHAR JATEIN HAI.INHI MAI SAI EK THI PARI.ENNHI MAI SAE EK HOKAR BHI ALAG THI WOH SABSAI ALAG SABSAIN JUDA .KUCH TOH THA USMAI JO USSAI BAKIYON SAI BOHUT ALAG BANATAN HAI . KHUBSURAT THI.PADHAI MAI BHI AGEIN RAHI. SWEET.TALENT MAI KOI KAMI NAHI THI MAUKA CHATTEIN THI WOH TOH BAS EK.BETAB THI WOH DUNIYAN KO APNI AWAZ SUNANE KE LIYE MUMBAI AYE
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have happened otherwise‚ and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.” - Nikolai Gogol. This is the epigraph for the Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake‚ for the quote foreshadows a lot of what the novel contains and helps us understand the difference between what we’re being told and what we’re‚ seeing. Jhumpa Lahiri chooses to start with a quote from Nikolai Gogol for it connects to both The Overcoat and The Namesake for names having more meaning than a label. Jhumpa Lahiri connects
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In Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake ‚ the author explores how cultural collision can affect a specific character: Gogol. Lahiri demonstrates the theme of finding one’s identity by displaying the protagonist Gogol’s cultural collisions in each stage of his life. In each period of his life‚ Gogol faces many collisions between the Bengali and American culture; the manner in which he reacts to each experience is a way of searching for his identity. In his earlier years‚ Gogol seemed satisfied with
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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 to aid Russia in its quest for a better system. Gogol used his creative mind and his writing abilities to speak out against the evils of the Russian government
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Literary Analysis-The Namesake The important theme of naming and identity is introduced at the very beginning‚ when Ashima calls out for her husband. She does not use his name when she calls for him‚ since "it’s not the type of thing Bengali wives do" (Lahiri‚ J. p. 2). Their husbands’ names are considered too intimate to be used. The Bengali tradition of pet names and "good" names. Only close family uses the pet name in the privacy of the home‚ while the "good" name is used in formal situations
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Gogol’s Namesake: Identity and Relationships in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake Author: Judith Caesar Allusions to Nikolai V. Gogol and his short story "The Overcoat" permeate Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake‚ beginning with Gogol’s being the name the protagonist is called through most of the book. Yet few of the reviewers of the novel mentioned Nikolai Gogol at all in their discussions of the novel‚ except to describe the protagonist Gogol’s loathing of his name‚ or to quote without comment or
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