1. In the closing pages of The Namesake Gogol muses “Without people around him to call him Gogol, no matter how long he himself lives, Gogol Ganguli will, once and for all, vanish from the lips of loved ones, and so, cease to exist.” (Lahiri 289) Taking this thought into account, to what extent is identity contingent upon the perceptions of others? While what Gogol believes may seem like a generalized subjective assumption, this is an opinion that is only specific to Gogol. To Gogol, a name makes

between their different ethnicities, cultures, and aspirations, they struggle with their identity. However, as they grow older, the children tend to form a cultural imbalance, often favoring their American roots. In Mira Nair’s film adaptation of The Namesake, Gogol struggles with his identity as a Bengali American. Throughout his adolescent years, Gogol negotiates his Bengali roots with his parents, as he tries to fit in as American. Mira Nair’s intention in making this film is to convey the struggle

The Namesake is a book written by Jhumpa Lahiri that won many awards such as the Time magazine best fiction book and the L.A Time magazine. Jhumpa lahiri was born in July 11, 1967 in London,England.Her parents where bengali which is the reason why She writes books that illuminate mostly the immigrant experience from the east Indians. One of her famous book that illustrates the indian immigrant experience is called The Namesake. The story follow a main protagonist by the name of Gogol Ganguli. In

In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Lahiri uses Gogol’s decision to mark a change his name as a turning point in his life and personality. When he considers his current circumstances, he thinks: “Other boys his age have begun to court girls already, asking them to go to the movies or the pizza parlor, but he cannot imagine saying, ‘Hi, it’s Gogol’ under potentially romantic circumstances. He cannot imagine this at all” (76). While his name is Gogol, Gogol feels uncomfortable and shy about his name

The film The Namesake’s most significant impression on me was how Ashima and Ashoke remarkably influenced their marriage to work through exceptionally intense conditions. They did not have any acquaintance with each other yet after a meeting over tea, they are hitched and moving all over the world in love. Their way of life did not condone separation from marriage, and thus they needed to influence theirs to work. They grew an affection for each other. It immensely influenced me to consider the separation

In the novel The Namesake, author Jhumpa Lahiri describes the Ganguli family’s life transition from Calcutta, India to America. Ashima Ganguli constantly tries to adapt to American culture, while still holding onto her Indian past. Ashima and Ashoke’s son, Gogol, struggles with his identity and various relationships as he grows up through school and his career. Though Author Lahiri reveals how a person creates new identities when building relationships with some people in their life, it is often

I sat in my room reading the book “The Namesake” in the book the main character Gogol/Nikhil struggles with identity crisis. Throughout the book he is trying to live up to his parents’ expectations of him and not ruining his parents’ name in society. While doing all that, he forgets to follow his own dreams and be his ownself. However, during the last couple of chapters in the book he realizes who he really is, what his own beliefs and values are compared to his parents. I believe that literature

Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake centers on Gogol’s struggle to navigate and settle into his bicultural identity and he does so in various ways, most significantly through his relationship with Maxine, through which he seeks to confirm his American identity, though he is ultimately driven to accept his Indian American identity, and his relationship with Moushumi, through which he reaffirms his hyphenated Indian-American identity. Gogol’s interracial relationship with Maxine is initially attractive to