culture. The mother and father‚ Ashima and Ashoke‚ are the parents of a newborn baby boy‚ who struggle to name their child after a failed telegram attempt to the Ashima’s grandmother who had the honor of naming him. The parents decide on the name of Gogol‚ based on Ashoke’s literary idol. Throughout Gogol’s life he betrays all the conflicts of honoring his Indian heritage and tradition in the United States‚ and these conflicts will haunt him on his winding path of his childhood and life. Jhumpa Lahiri
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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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would have two kids named Sonia and Gogol. Gogol the main protagonist of the film doesn’t understand why his father gave him the name Gogol. Throughout the film‚ Gogol struggle to find his identify and he started to change throughout the movie. First‚ Gogol was immature in early if the film because he was really young. He didn’t know much. He was getting bully in his English class because of his name. They were the reading he author name that has the same name as Gogol. He was smoking marijuana with
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At the start of the film‚ Ashoke and Ashima leave India for America and their life together begins. The move from the big city of Calcutta to the big city of New York is much lonelier because they have no family nearby and the land is unfamiliar. The climate is also different‚ it is winter time and the weather is cold. Ashima is learning very quickly that the living conditions are different. Ashoke explains to her that they have gas twenty-four hours a day‚ and the difference between hot and
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United States‚ their adopted home. Gogol‚ their son‚ however‚ was born in the United States and is somewhat embarrassed by his parents Bengalese practices. Gogol is also uncomfortable with his name. It is neither a Bengalese nor an American name. No one he knows has a name like his. In school‚ kids make fun of it. But the conflict goes deeper than that. Gogol’s father tries to explain why he gave that name to his first-born child‚ but Gogol could not care less. Gogol‚ in his attempts to get out from
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Home In the novel‚ “The Namesake” Gogol is trying to search for his identity and who he wants to be but she is also searching for the definition of a home. He has moved so many times that he started not seeing them as homes‚ but just a place they would have been staying at for a while. The definition of a home is a place that you feel happy at because of all the memories you have. A home is a place where you are loved and you know you are safe and not judged. Gogol does not know how this feels because
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handful of earth and some money in front of the baby to determine their future career. The objects are layed in front of Gogol and he turns away. An ‘uncle’ then proclaims that‚ “most children will grab at one of them…but Gogol touches nothing’. The inability of the baby Gogol to choose anything forshadows uncertainty plaguing him throughout his life. This contrast between Gogol and ‘most children’ makes him become different‚ which emphasis Gogol’s struggle to belong in both American and Indian civilization
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symbolizes the American tradition of dating whomever someone has interest: Gogol did not know much Ruth‚ but in the heat of the moment started to date her. Gogol‚ being Indian-American‚ denotes the culture clash. As Gogol is socializing with other families he realizes what he is unable to do around his own family: “At times‚ as the laughter at Gerald and Lydia’s table swells‚ and another bottle of wine is opened‚ and Gogol raises his glass to be filled yet again‚ he is conscious of the fact that
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struggles of the first-generation immigrants to assert a western identity‚ as well as to maintain rich eastern traditions. It also explores the challenges faced by the children‚ being second-generation immigrants‚ as represented by the main character‚ Gogol‚ who attempts to shed the Bengali identity to fully embody the American status. Yet‚ the journey towards re-invention and self-discovery finally teaches him the value of family‚ one’s roots and cultural pride. This study concludes that this novel reflects
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migrated from territories of the republic of Jndia. The situation today is largely the "success story" of the Indian diasporas in the Silicon Valley and the other professionals mainly settled in the U.K.‚ North America and Europe. In the Namesake‚ Gogol ’s parents Ashoke and Ashima belong to this wave of immigration to the United States
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