Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake is the fictional narrative of Gogol Ganguli‚ a second generation immigrant in America‚ and his haunting feeling of not being able to identify with his name. Gogol feels that his name “has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian.” (Lahiri 70) This essay will argue that Gogol’s problematic relationship to his name stems from a need for a sense of belonging. Coming from a family that values their heritage
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place and the kids at school didn’t hesitate to comment on it. I consider these hardships as something that many people go through but the defining moment in my life was when my parents got divorced. Coming from a Gambia divorce was nonexistent. It was something that never happened and has shaped who I am now. Since the first day I came to America I could tell my
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Karen Solliday English Comp 1 2/10/2013 My favorite dine in restaurants I love all different kinds of food. There are a lot of places to go sit and have a nice family dinner or a dinner date with the boyfriend. The best friend also loves to dine in at a small restaurant out in Sturtevant. Its small but the breakfast is very good there. I love to eat but I don’t like the weight gain. I don’t think anyone does really. Food now days have gotten us so overweight with all the fat in food
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CA BRIAN SILVERSTEIN University of Arizona DISCIPLINES OF PRESENCE IN MODERN TURKEY: Discourse‚ Companionship‚ and the Mass Mediation of Islamic Practice O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true in word and deed. —Quran IX.119 Whoever makes himself like unto a people is one of them. —Hadith Discourse involved in practice is not the same as that involved in speaking about practice. It is a modern idea that a practitioner cannot know how to live religiously without being
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Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of the fictional bestseller‚ “The Namesake”‚ a moving novel exploring the life of the married couple‚ Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli‚ immigrants from India in the United States of America. The two both adapt to the new cultural changes in America though once they give birth to Gongol Ganguli‚ a name Ashoke has given after he was “rescued” by that author in a train accident‚ they have both yet to experience parenthood. As the years go by‚ and Ashima and Ashoke begin to get accustomed
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Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction
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The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled
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Claude Levi-Strauss once said ‘being human signifies‚ for each of us‚ belonging to a class‚ a society‚ a country‚ a continent and a civilization.’ Belonging is a human desire of being accepted with people or places. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s story‚ The Namesake‚ the story follows the Ganguli family from their traditional Indian life in Calcutta through their uneasy transformation into America. This family is strewn with opposing fidelities and the underlying concept of the difficulties of cultural belonging
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Reflection paper of Desiree’s baby Madame Valmondé and Monsiure found Desiree as a baby and thought that she was a gift from God. When Desiree turned 18‚ she fell in love with Armand Aubigny. Finally‚ they got married. When they got their first baby‚ Armand was not happy with the baby because it was not white. He treated the baby and Desiree like slaves. Then‚ Desiree decided to go to deserted bayou instead of Valmondé. Armand‚ on the other hand‚ burnt all Desiree’s and the baby’s belongings including
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In the second part of Jhumpa Lahiri’s acclaimed collection‚ Unaccustomed Earth‚ the two main characters have little in common‚ although a prevalent fear is in both character’s lives. Both Hema and Kaushik have a fear of attachment‚ a fear of being anchored down‚ whether to a place or a person. Kaushik takes a trip alone after he leaves his father and his new family. He says‚ “I had never traveled alone before and I discovered that I liked it.” His trip takes him to the border of Canada on the East
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