Three Novel Essay 
Chantelle Rivera
English- Anderson
October 22nd, 2014
The Journe The Namesake, The White Tiger, and The Kite Runner all illustrate forgiveness along with redemption in their own ways. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, examines nuances involved being caught up between two conflicting cultures with distinct religious and social differences. Also, it incorporates Gogol, the main character, and his struggles between his Indian heritage and American background. In the novel, The White Tiger written by Aravind Adiga, provides a darkly humor perspective of India’s lower class struggle as the main character, Balram Halwai, explains from a retrospective narrative. Lastly, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a young boy named Amir who must redeem himself after allowing his servant/friend to get raped. Throughout all three novels, each main character seeks forgiveness for their corrupt and betraying actions. Balram, Amir, and Gogol experience personal growth in their journeys, which resulted in redemption. Gogol Ganguli continually felt like an outcast growing up in Boston, Massachusetts and being the only few Indian child in his school. Eventually, he is able to move to an old, rugged apartment in New York by himself. As long as he is away from his parents, anything will do. He chooses freedom over the love from his family. Gogol “didn’t want to go home on the weekends, to go with them to pujos and Bengali parties, to remain unquestionably in their world” (Lahiri 126). Unlike his parents, who yearn to be back in the world of their parents and families, Gogol wants to create as much distance between himself and his parents as possible. It also includes avoiding their foreign customs, which seems to bother Gogol most of all. Soon after the death of his father, Ashoke Ganguli, Gogol begins to feel remorse over not being there for his family and purposely avoiding them. Gogol makes it his mission to be forgiven from isolating himself from them. Due to this
English- Anderson
October 22nd, 2014
The Journe The Namesake, The White Tiger, and The Kite Runner all illustrate forgiveness along with redemption in their own ways. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, examines nuances involved being caught up between two conflicting cultures with distinct religious and social differences. Also, it incorporates Gogol, the main character, and his struggles between his Indian heritage and American background. In the novel, The White Tiger written by Aravind Adiga, provides a darkly humor perspective of India’s lower class struggle as the main character, Balram Halwai, explains from a retrospective narrative. Lastly, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a young boy named Amir who must redeem himself after allowing his servant/friend to get raped. Throughout all three novels, each main character seeks forgiveness for their corrupt and betraying actions. Balram, Amir, and Gogol experience personal growth in their journeys, which resulted in redemption. Gogol Ganguli continually felt like an outcast growing up in Boston, Massachusetts and being the only few Indian child in his school. Eventually, he is able to move to an old, rugged apartment in New York by himself. As long as he is away from his parents, anything will do. He chooses freedom over the love from his family. Gogol “didn’t want to go home on the weekends, to go with them to pujos and Bengali parties, to remain unquestionably in their world” (Lahiri 126). Unlike his parents, who yearn to be back in the world of their parents and families, Gogol wants to create as much distance between himself and his parents as possible. It also includes avoiding their foreign customs, which seems to bother Gogol most of all. Soon after the death of his father, Ashoke Ganguli, Gogol begins to feel remorse over not being there for his family and purposely avoiding them. Gogol makes it his mission to be forgiven from isolating himself from them. Due to this