somewhat lazy and messy. The reader also learns that Shoba used to cook for the two of them but now‚ Shukumar does all the cooking and cleaning in the house while Shoba works overtime every day. It is revealed to the reader that months prior to the start of the story‚ a pregnant Shoba went into labor and her child was born dead. Shukumar was not present when this occurred because he was at a conference which Shoba pushed him to go to. On his way to the conference he is thinking about what it will be like
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well. After I chose my saint‚ I realized that my first name of my godmother‚ Kasia‚ is Katherine. My godfather Arthur’s nickname is Art‚ both godparents are siblings and they are twins! Catherine is also the name of my great-grandmother. I also chose this saint because I love art and how St. Catherine was buried but then later was mummified. St. Catherine of Bologna was born on September 8th‚
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In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the protagonist‚ Gogol‚ faces many challenges due to his ethnicity and regional differences. Lahiri’s purpose is to portray Gogol conflicting within himself‚ on how to act in order to advise the audience how cultural collision will affect people’s lives. The author’s treatment of Gogol having trouble on what to do throughout the novel relates to the overall meaning of the novel showing that people who have different cultures have a difficult time adjusting
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family has to offer them. In “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri” Gogol’s drastic journey to adulthood filled with unexpected and emotional experiences makes him eventually realize the importance of family in his life. In Gogol’s early twenties all he thought about was to get away from his family. The reason why Gogol thought that is because his family was totally different than other American families and in some cases he was ashamed to accept his
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empowers an individual for better or sometimes for worse. An individual’s perceptions of belonging evolve in response to the passage of time and interaction with their world. It is a condition which is portrayed through the novel the Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ and the cult movie The Breakfast Club directed by John Hughes which encapsulate the struggles and journey’s of both feelings through the passage of time. In the literary text the dynamic characters illuminate the idea and challenges of belonging
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Throughout the Namesake‚ Jhumpa Lahiri uses both diction and the theme of isolation to show how Ashima and Ashoke constantly oppose Gogol and his beliefs because of the different cultures in which they grew up. After moving to the United States‚ Ashima and Ashoke possess an extreme sense of seclusion because they must raise a son in a foreign country that they are not familiar with. While Ashima lies in the hospital bed waiting to give birth to Gogol‚ she immediately feels isolated. Without Ashoke
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girls growing up were not sent to school to get an education. Instead‚ it was the job of a young girl to learn the roles of the housewife or mother. These girls would learn to do chores‚ clean house‚ cook dinners‚ and various other household activities starting a fairly young age. Girls were raised in this way so that one day they will make a decent wife to a husband‚ possibly of the parents choosing‚ so that she can keep her husband happy. Once a woman was married‚ her final obligation was to bear
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was only 18 when he wrote "The Blessed Damozel" in 1847. The poem The Blessed Damozel is one of Rossetti’s most famous poems. . "The Blessed Damozel" is a beautiful Poem of how two lovers are separated by the death of the Damozel and how she wishes to enter paradise‚ but only if she can do so in the company of her beloved. Though different meanings have been concluded by different people‚ they all revolve around the same idea and themes. The theme of Rossetti’s poem is
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THE BLESSED DAMOZEL by DG ROSSETTI published in 1850 was a poem that attempted to bring a Romantic spirit into the realm of art dominated by a decadent Classicism and Pre Raphaelite force. The Blessed Damozel leaned out from the gold bar of heaven
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standards of the art of their day. Both their painting and their literature are characterized by an interest in the medieval and the supernatural‚ simplicity of style‚ love of sensuous beauty‚ exactness of detail‚ and much symbolism. Not only is “The Blessed Damozel” Rossetti’s best-known work‚ but it also epitomizes the Pre-Raphaelite school. He used the medieval form of damsel‚ “damozel”—a young‚ unmarried woman of noble birth—in the title to emphasize the medieval setting and visionary aspects
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