Jhumpa Lahiri Culture
Those that live in America and those that live in India have different lifestyles and traditions, but when you have to balance both, it’s difficult to figure out who you truly are. Gogol grows up throughout the book with a Hindu-Indian family while living in America. He confronts the challenge of assimilating while trying to pursue two cultures. As he gets older, he then tries to find his identity by changing his name from Gogol to Nikhil and starts different relationships. But Gogol then realized that what has held him and his family together has been the Indian culture, which has influenced him from the moment he was born and named. In the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol was influenced greatly by the Indian culture because it motivated
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For his wedding with Moushumi, Gogol decides to have a traditional wedding. Jhumpa Lahiri says, “His mother has bought him the things he is to wear, a parchment-colored punjabi top that had once belonged to his father, a pre pleated dhoti with a drawstring waist, a pair of nagral slippers with curling toes.” (Lahiri, 219). Gogol wears traditional clothing for his wedding because he feels it will create a stronger relationship with both his parents and his culture. He also wants to express a part of him in an event that he can now share with another Indian person, Moushumi. When describing his outfit, he includes how it once belonged to his father, which shows a reason why he decided to have a traditional wedding; to honor his father. The Indian culture has influenced him the most because it has changed how he views his father, making him realize his culture is what has held and motivated him to practice certain Hindu beliefs.
In the novel The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol was influenced greatly by Indian culture because it made him have a closer relationship with his father by the Hindu religious practices after his death and he was able to have a traditional relationship with Moushumi. Gogol was influenced greatly by the Indian culture since it gave him an opportunity to know more about his
For his wedding with Moushumi, Gogol decides to have a traditional wedding. Jhumpa Lahiri says, “His mother has bought him the things he is to wear, a parchment-colored punjabi top that had once belonged to his father, a pre pleated dhoti with a drawstring waist, a pair of nagral slippers with curling toes.” (Lahiri, 219). Gogol wears traditional clothing for his wedding because he feels it will create a stronger relationship with both his parents and his culture. He also wants to express a part of him in an event that he can now share with another Indian person, Moushumi. When describing his outfit, he includes how it once belonged to his father, which shows a reason why he decided to have a traditional wedding; to honor his father. The Indian culture has influenced him the most because it has changed how he views his father, making him realize his culture is what has held and motivated him to practice certain Hindu beliefs.
In the novel The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol was influenced greatly by Indian culture because it made him have a closer relationship with his father by the Hindu religious practices after his death and he was able to have a traditional relationship with Moushumi. Gogol was influenced greatly by the Indian culture since it gave him an opportunity to know more about his