Cultural Labyrinth in the novels of Jumba Lahiri’ “The Namesake” and Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” Literature has been found over the centuries to have certain important kinds of value for human beings. It is an image of life in which is crystallized the climate of thoughts‚ feelings and aspiration of peoples. Literature reflects society and its culture. It not only highlights external appearance‚ but hints at the peculiar tendencies‚ instincts‚ and customs of the society. In this process
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Movie-Thesis Based on the Movie: The Namesake by Mira Nair (2007) Based on the Novel By Jhumpa Lahiri Does culture affect identity and behavior? The Namesake is the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli from their traditional arranged marriage in Calcutta‚ India‚ to their immigrant life in America and the family they raised in the suburbs of New York. 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
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Cultural traditions‚ migration‚ family and identity are issues which emerge throughout the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. How have various literary techniques been used to show that these issues play a major role in an individual experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging? The need to belong to a group or community shapes our behaviour‚ attitudes and actions. Instinctively we bond with our own or people we may otherwise not have. However‚ when your cultural identity is marginalised
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In the following texts; Novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ film‚ Bend it Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha and the song‚ Teenagers by My Chemical Romance; we can see links between the texts and how the characters 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
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Thakur Ankita Project In English I 13 October 2014 Diasporic Narrative in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake Abstract Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake predominantly involves the collision between the two cultures American and Bengali. It not only determines the clash between the different generations but also vivid ideologies affecting the lives of middle class family and especially the life of Gogol. Jhumpa Lahiri tries her best to portray the lifestyle of a very simple Bengali Family residing in abroad
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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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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 more than Gogol‚ the main character. The characters
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www.the-criterion.com The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN-0976-8165 The Treatment of Immigrant Experience in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Name Sake D.Ebina Cordelia Assistant Professor in English Holy Cross College‚Tiruchirappalli Tamilnadu. Indian writing in English is one of the voices in which India speaks. It spreads the traditional and cultural heritage of India within India and also introduces it to the whole world. It is Indian in sensibility‚ thought‚ feeling and emotion
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in ‘The Namesake’ and ‘All quiet on the Western Front’ There are times in individual’s lives when sudden realisations may alter their perception of themselves and their place in the world. The place‚ context and setting in significant moments in time throughout individual’s lives cause such realisations occur. This can be seen in both the novels “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque‚ through the experiences of their characters Paul‚ Gogol and Ashima
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in Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel ‘The Namesake’ and Sean Penn’s 2007 film ‘Into the Wild.’ Both pieces rely upon an authorial manipulation of time‚ extended metaphor‚ symbolism and medium-specific techniques to make evident this importance of profound moments in impacting the individual. Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Namesake’ spans over thirty years and across two generations‚ following the tale of second generation Indian/American or ‘American born confused Deshi’ Gogol Ganguli and his family. Lahiri’s storytelling
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