polluted by others. Trusting in oneself to rely on and persevere is a theme conveyed throughout three literary selections. In the novel‚ The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ Tally Youngblood faces a struggle to embrace herself as she is. Additionally‚ Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Third and Final Continent‚” tells the story of a young man discovering himself while searching for a new life. The final text‚ “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ is a poem that encourages self-assurance even through times when others discourage
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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 with both The Overcoat and The Namesake using names with meaning
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all need to examine the way we deal with these changes in our lives. When we understand our reactions to changes that happen in our lives we will be able to accept these changes and the grieving process will be easier. In the book ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ (Jhumpa Lahiri’s) characters Shoba and Shukumar enter a world of grief after losing their first child. The book is set in America but their cultural background is Indian‚ although Shukumar has not spent as much time there as Shoba it is talked
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Kanthapura Serpent and the rope Cry‚ the peacock The Artist of Disappearance The Village by the Sea Continent of Circe Midnight’s Children Satanic Verses A Suitable Boy The Glass Palace The God of Small Things Walking with the Comrades Interpreter of Maladies The Inheritance of Loss The Mammaries of a Welfare State White Tiger Last Man in Tower Witness by Night Author Mulk Raj Anand RK Narayan RK Narayan Raja Rao
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initially built upon mutual interests and acceptance and this is closely linked with one’s innate desire to be able to affiliate with a group or another individual. Both these ideas are explored in the ‘Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri and the picture book: ‘The Lost Thing’ by Shaun Tan. Lahiri explores the importance of shared values and experiences in a relationship for it to prosper rather than the need for social interaction. This notion is shown through the relationship Ashoke and Ashima forge throughout
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies shows that many struggles of Indian immigration into America. When immigrants come to America‚ it is believed to achieve the American dream of freedom and success. In her short stories‚ Lahiri shows how transitioning into American culture is quite a difficult struggle and might not be what each of the characters might have expected. Within the three short stories Mrs. Sen’s‚ This Blessed House‚ and The Third and Final Continent shows a variety of ways the “American
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family would not let them forget about it. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale” Cofer‚ “Pick One‚” Matthews‚ and “My Two Lives‚” Lahiri all face similar adversity‚ social problems‚ and tough decision. In all three stories they have different but sometimes life changing decision to make. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale‚” Cofer‚ “Pick One‚” Matthews‚ and “My Two Lives‚” Lahiri all have different yet similar adversity. They all face dilemmas in their everyday life. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale‚” Cofer
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there are things that we cannot change. In many cases‚ individuals seem to feel as though they’ve lost an amount so great that they are unable to free themselves of the pain. This perspective often leads to further suffering. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahou and Kiss Me by Andrew Pyper demonstrate a loss of identity‚ negligence towards communication‚ and eventually leading to the destruction of a relationship. The characters in both “Kiss Me” and “A Temporary Matter” both experience a loss of
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November 24‚ 2013 Professor Lyn Megow English 100.02 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
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identity today is important for a person’s self-esteem and it is equal to having an identity of your own‚ since it effects a person’s ability to relate to other people. It is something that you grow into‚ as well as something that you already are. Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (2004) emphasizes the essence of that. It is being characterized by the protagonist of the book‚ Gogol Ganguli‚ a second-generation immigrant that is trying to find his own identity. This paper is build upon the thesis that the
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