In Juhmpa Lahiri’s novel‚ The Namesake‚ the reader is thrust into the daily life of Gogol Ganguli. Gogol is a promising young man from a Bengali family‚ which the reader gets the pleasure of knowing since his birth. Ever since Gogol’s childhood all he ever wanted was to find a place where he could truly fit in‚ whether it be in his own culture‚ or in the American one in which he lives. During his life‚ Gogol searches everywhere to find out who he is and where he belongs. During his long search‚ young
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Gogol as the Perfect Namesake In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake‚ Indian parents bestow a Russian name to their first born baby boy; the name is Gogol Ganguli which is after the famous Russian writer‚ Nikolai V. Gogol. In Lahiri’s novel‚ the main character fights an identity crisis because of his highly unusual name. Gogol carries uncertainty about himself throughout the novel because of his name‚ “He hates his name . . . that is has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor
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Wallace English III 2nd Period Mrs. Kaplan The Namesake The Namesake‚ written by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ has been dubbed one of The New York Times Bestellers and a follow-up of Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize debut‚ Interpreter of Maladies. Lahiri’s specific style towards Gogol’s life makes it easy for an audience to understand the troubles of being raised in an Indian household surrounded by an American society. However‚ would The Namesake still be on The New York Times Bestseller list if it
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Journal #1 The Namesake begins with Ashima cooking in the kitchen when she starts having contractions; Ashima and her husband Ashok take a taxi to the hospital to deliver the baby. Ashok has to leave his wife surrounded by nurses so he could go to work. A nice nurse named Patty brought her lunch and took her on a walk around the hospital to help with the pregnancy. This walk reminded Ashima of the day she and Ashok were introduced by their parents. She remembers slipping her feet into his shoes
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Aody Rafati Dr. Jodi Melamed Eng 2010 12/11/2014 Cultural Identity in The Namesake The Namesake illustrates several elements of transition that are common to the stories of immigrant families and their children. As shown in the film‚ the first generation connects with their cultural identity and roots to a far greater degree and density than their children do. The second generation exists between two realities of culture including their ethnic heritage and the world they live in presently
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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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Assignment 2 (Q) Assess the contribution of feminism to an understanding of society. (1‚200-1‚500). Feminism is a movement that argues that women suffer injustices in society because of their gender. “Like Marxists‚ Feminists take a critical view of the family and see that family as an institution that benefits men more than women and children” (Webb‚ R. ‘et al’‚ 2008‚ pg.43.). The development of feminism has led to attention being focused on the subordinate position of women in many societies
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to analyse the various issues faced by the immigrants as portrayed in Lahiri’s novel first novel The Namesake. The story of the novel is set in United States‚ Calcutta hovers in the background. . It is out of her experiences of the bizarre identity crisis on the part of those who have remained as immigrants and those who were traumatized by homelessness‚ that the contents of the novel The Namesake were derived. Jhumpa Lahiri admits that as the novel conveys the experiences of alienation of the migrants
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Brewer‚ P. (2004) ‘‘Frederick Engels: The Origin of The Family‚ Private Property‚ and the State’’ from http://readingfromtheleft.com/PDF/EngelsOrigin.pdf 8 9. Knaus‚ K. (2007) ‘‘ Turkish Women: A Century Of Change ’’ 10 11. Freedman‚ J. (2001) ‘‘ Feminism’’ Open University Press 12
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