what others will think. Otherwise‚ the world would be insanely uninteresting. “The Namesake‚” by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ is about a boy called by the unique name of Gogol Ganguli. When he was young‚ Gogol was oblivious to the differences in his name to socially-normal-names‚ but as he grew up‚ he began to notice them. The story is about a significant event where Gogol realizes just how unique his name is. In “The Namesake‚” Jhumpa Lahiri develops the theme that it is okay to be unique through family influence
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Mr. O’Sullivan APUSH 410 August 11‚ 2013 The Namesake Life in a new country is extremely difficult. New customs‚ foods‚ and an unfamilliar language can make foreign occupancy even harder. Some families are quick to learn and adapt. For others‚ it may take much longer. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the Ganguli family has a tough time adopting the American lifestyle so many of us are used to. For us it seems unimportant. Many of us work 9 to 5 and come home to eat dinner and watch the big
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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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Gogol’s Identity Throughout Namesake‚ Gogol Ganguli struggles with his identity being both Indian and American. Although he tended to stray far away from anything Bengali‚ his deeply rooted culture never faded away. After his father’s death‚ Gogol gradually returned to his Indian traditions. He takes care of his mother and sister‚ abandons the life he could have with Maxine‚ then marries a Bengali woman. In his attempt to stay clear from anything Bengali‚ Gogol revels in the fact that he could
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seemed less because he had already traveled abroad. Ashoke was more familiar with U.S. culture‚ and had a job in New York City. He seemed to gain more immediately from the arranged marriage than Ashima because now along with his job he had a life companion. As the story evolves‚ Ashoke and Ashima don’t show a lot of physical affection‚ but it seems apparent that they care for one another as people of the same culture‚ learning to be together. Ashoke dreams about being physically intimate with Ashima
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Sociology 201 Does Culture Affect Identity and Behavior? A Movie-Thesis Based on the Movie: The Namesake by Mira Nair (2007) Based on the Novel By Jhumpa Lahiri Does culture affect identity and behavior? The Namesake is the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli from their traditional arranged marriage in Calcutta‚ India‚ to their immigrant life in America and the family they raised in the suburbs of New York. The film explores cultural identity and tends to reflect at key turning points
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could not leave the hospital without name the baby‚ because of their home culture. Eventually‚ the couple chose a pet name for temporary and name the child Gogol. While they still waiting for the name. And then they change the name later on that causes an impact negative on Gogol. Gogol use to call Gogol arriving at at school‚ but his family sometimes call him‚ Nikhil as the name they would have called him in their culture. Gogol is used to identifying himself as Gogol and now he is afraid of the
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they are god’s gift‚ something truly miraculous. A person’s own family is the greatest wealth that one can ever possess but it is upon an individual to realize the true worth of the love and blessings that his own family has to offer them. In “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri” Gogol’s drastic journey to adulthood filled with unexpected and emotional experiences makes him eventually realize the importance of family in his life. In Gogol’s early twenties all he thought about was to get away from his family
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The Namesake is about this perpetual dilemma faced by immigrants as they struggle to maintain their identities while trying to shake them off at the same time. The story was about adaptation and learning acculturing and also discovering new things about themselves while finds itself presented with two conflicting realities and cultures and sets of expectations - one of the host countries through the socio-cultural surroundings and the other of the home country through their parents. Whereas
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Interpreters of Maladies which won for her the coveted Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Namesake is her first novel and has been followed by Unaccustomed Earth‚ another collection of short- stories. It has been one of the best-sellers and has been named as the ‘Best Book of the Year’ (2003) by the USA Today. Based on this novel‚ the film of the same name directed by Mira Nair was released in February‚ 2007. Lahiri’s The Namesake‚ explores many issues and aspects of immigrant families in an alien milieu‚ but
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