Tommy Tran English 4 1/6/14 The Namesake Jump Lahiri used woman as a literary device‚ “foil”‚ in her novel The Namesake to help contrast with the protagonist‚ Nikhil “Gogol” Ganguli in order to shape his identity. There were quite a few women that came and went through Gogol’s life span in the novel but three essential women were his mother‚ a woman by the name Maxine‚ and his first wife‚ Moushumi. The literary device that is being used allows the women to either be completely different‚ or
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THE NAMESAKE REVIEW TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANTS AND THE HYBRID CULTURAL PHENOMENA PREFACE The namesake is a touching story narrating the life of an Indian couple that migrated to the United States during the last 25 years of the 20th century. I was inspired by the profound and warm touch of how the author deliberately telling story. The beautiful language and the thoughtful phrases the author used in weaving the efforts of the immigrants‚ the happiness they try to build in their new living environment
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Chapter 7 A. General Understanding How does Ashima learn of her husband’s death? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why does Gogol go to Cleveland? What does he do there? __________________________________________________________________________
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Lahiri divulges various facets of Ashima’s character‚ and also shows her strengths and weaknesses‚ in her book‚ The Namesake. Lahiri is telling her readers that the role of Ashima in the Indian culture is to get married‚ but not boy choice‚ bear a child‚ and to take care of the child while her husband provides the funds. Lahiri is also trying to get the readers to understand that Ashima’s life in America is a whole different lifestyle than her life in he home country. Coming from India to America
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Riley Quinlan Professor Sapra ENGWR 301 13 May 2017 Namesake The Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ tells the story of a Bengali-Indian family who tries their best to fit into the American culture. The mother and father‚ Ashima and Ashoke‚ are the parents of a newborn baby boy‚ who struggle to name their child after a failed telegram attempt to the Ashima’s grandmother who had the honor of naming him. The parents decide on the name of Gogol‚ based on Ashoke’s literary idol. Throughout Gogol’s life he betrays
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Matt. J. Sociology The Namesake A Bengali girl named Ashima partakes in a marriage arranged to Ashoke Ganguli. After the ceremony the new couple left India to move to the United States where Ashoke has started to build a new life. They were going to face the cultural differences together‚ as one. For Ashima‚ this was difficult. Her new husband had to earn a living to support the two of them so she often found herself home alone. Not knowing the English language or culture at that became very
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Why is naming so important? • For Gogol‚ his name is a source of embarrassment and for his father it is more of salvation • His name is the start of his family traditions‚ but he eventually does not follow any of the traditions Does your name identify who you are? • A person’s name is an identifier and may end up being more than just a name • A name may connect with something else (like naming after a grandparent to represent them) – Gogol’s name represents his father’s close to death experience
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The Namesake In the book‚ The Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol is the son of Bengali parents‚ and has many different experiences trying to fit into American culture. At the beginning‚ Gogol didn’t really care about his name when he was a child. But then in his teenage years all he cared about was being called Nikhil. Towards the end‚ Gogol starts to praise his name. Gogol was born in North America to Bengali parents. His parents try to keep some of the Indian traditions‚ although it’s difficult
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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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mother for so long. 2. How is Gogol’s name tied to his identity? Gogol is not bothered by the unusual nature of his name until he is eleven and realizes‚ on a class trip to a cemetery‚ that his name is unique. He makes rubbings of the other gravestones with names he has never heard before because he relates to them. By his fourteenth birthday‚ Gogol has come to hate his name and resents being asked about it. As far as Gogol’s identity is linked to that of his father‚ Ashoke understands Gogol as
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