one of the most important things to us keep connected to other people. If we fail to communicate with others‚ we will fail in many ways such as failure in romance. In the book Interpreter of Maladies with the tittle “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the difficulty of communication becomes one of the problems. Mr. Kapasi feels lonely in his life and in his marriage because he lost his ability to communicate with his wife. However‚ Mrs. Das is a selfish woman that always hides behind her sunglasses
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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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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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Everyone experiences many problems that revolves around their personal lives. In Unaccustomed Earth‚ Jhumpa Lahiri introduces Hema & Kaushik. Hema & Kaushik struggle to overcome the challenges in their lives due to how they respond to the problems they have‚ resulting in a hard life for both of them. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel‚ Unaccustomed Earth‚ Lahiri puts together a collection of stories of people who have struggled adapting to American culture because of their native traditions and challenges
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instances when communication is effectively employed and therefore enabled the characters to build strong and intimate connections‚ there are examples of where communication was superficial or ineffectual‚ leading to unstable‚ limited relationships. Jhumpa Lahiri illustrates the importance of communication within relationships by allowing readers to experience the consequences and advantages that have developed as a result throughout the short stories. We recognise the necessity to communicate with our
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Throughout the Namesake‚ Jhumpa Lahiri uses both diction and the theme of isolation to show how Ashima and Ashoke constantly oppose Gogol and his beliefs because of the different cultures in which they grew up. After moving to the United States‚ Ashima and Ashoke possess an extreme sense of seclusion because they must raise a son in a foreign country that they are not familiar with. While Ashima lies in the hospital bed waiting to give birth to Gogol‚ she immediately feels isolated. Without Ashoke
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There are many factors that affected people to be what they are now. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol‚ the main character‚ developed from a child attached to his family to a teenager that often rejects his parents and their Bengali culture. As a young boy‚ he was very close to his parents‚ especially his mother‚ and would listen to them‚ but as he grew up‚ it eventually changed. He wasn’t as close to his parents as he was when he was at a young age. He rejected his family and his culture because
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Character of Mrs.Das in the short story of The Interpreter of Maladies. The collection of stories deals with the everyday lives of Indians abroad (mostly Bengali immigrants)‚ as they go out into the New World with their Indian Diasporas at hand. Jhumpa Lahiri tells us tales of complicated marital relationship‚ infidelity and the powers of survival. Her short stories‚ Interpreter of maladies‚ the blessed house‚ Mrs. sen‚ and the treatment of Bibi haldar‚ are exclusively about women perceived through
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lines of the characters? Secrecy is the act of hiding information from certain individuals or groups. Secrecy is often controversial‚ depending on the content of the secret‚ the group or people keeping the secret‚ and the motivation of secrecy. Jhumpa Lahiri’s anthology‚ “Interpreter of Maladies”‚ explores this theme through several characters in different stories. In the story Interpreter of Maladies‚ A Temporary Matter and Sexy‚ the characters hide their emotions and do not express themselves
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assimilate into American culture. Many of those involved in diasporic situations feel that adapting to the social norms of their new surroundings is an act of betraying their roots in which their heritage and all preexisting traditions will be lost. Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake highlights this struggle through the eyes of the Ganguli family. The novel ultimately shows us that one can simultaneously belong to two cultures‚ in this case Indian and American culture. Many scholars are hung up on the
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