His family wants him to follow his father’s footsteps and become an engineer, but he wants to pursue architecture. His mother wants him to follow Bengali culture, such as marrying someone from the same background. Regardless of his parents’ desires, he focuses more on his friends and American culture than his own family’s values. When his father passes away, he begins to cherish his family values. Gogol is very caring and committed to his passions.
“Do I remind you of that night?” “Not at all,” his father says eventually, one hand going in his ribs, a habitual gesture that has baffled Gogol until now. “You remind me of everything that followed.” Chapter 5, page 124.
Inner and Outer Self The author of, “Identities” W.D. Valgardson, shows how emotions and thoughts can be hidden by your outer appearance and how it can change the way people perceive one as. Whereas, in the poem “To you who would wage war against me” shows how one can change internally by others perception. But in both pieces of writing, the authors touch base on the exploration of inner and outer selves.
Using his poems, the poet attempts to establish that one’s identity is shaped from the difficulties they go through. Feliks Skrzynecki highlights how identity is formed
Frequently, overcoming obstacles will enable people to grow but at other times have a pessimistic aftermath. Two texts that explore the concept of searching for identity are Melina Marchetta’s novel Looking for Alibrandi and Jessica Kean’s poem ‘Planet P’. In both texts the adolescent protagonist develops the relationship with others, through which the challenging events occur
Ultimately, Gogol struggles to accept his parent's customs and how they have tried to ingrain these lessons in
Gogol, the son of Ashima and Ashoke, was born in America and spends the first half of his life trying to run away from his Bengali roots. Although Gogol does not feel as lost and detached as his parents in America, he has a difficult time trying to balance the Bengali culture he was born into as well as the American culture he sees and experiences all around him as he is growing up. Throughout the novel, The Namesake, Gogol struggles to develop his identity due to the clashing of Bengali and American culture in his life. Gogol’s first obstacle in his search for self-identity occurs only a couple days after his birth, when his parents must decide on a name in order to be released from the hospital. Ashima and Ashoke eventually decide on Gogol, after the writer who saved Ashoke’s life during a train crash.
‘A Sense of Self’ Essay A Sense of Self is a unique quality that differs from one person to another and yet may involve multiple identities. Explore the extent to which the protagonists in the texts you have studied appear to possess one or more identities. Refer closely to the texts in developing your response. This essay will revolve around four main texts, namely ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘New Selected Poems’ and ‘The Lost Continent’ by Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare, Carol Ann Duffy and Bill Bryson respectively. ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a highly symbolic meditation of America in the 1920s.
He begins to take after American society and convention and keeps away from his guardian's customary wishes. Like different folks, Gogol's guardians additionally needed Gogol to comprehend the Bengali society, however it made both Gogol and his guardians difficult to comprehend and identify with one another since they were honing diverse standards. Resolved to carry on with an existence a long way from that of his guardians, Gogol sets off all alone excursion, to find himself. On this journey, he wound up getting into an association with a young lady named Max. Max was an American which made them two less demanding to comprehend and impart.
“Gogol assures his readers in a footnote, is a creature of Ukrainian folklore, “the chief of the gnomes.” Competent investigators of the matter have branded that footnote a mystification; but they have also recognized the masterful way in which Gogol’s imagination reproduces the effects of authentic folklore.” (Terras 175). In the novel The Viy, Gogol symbolizes prayer most, while exploring the theme of evil spirits. In other words explained by Terras, “This tale of terror deals with the intrusion of nocturnal, supernatural forces into the daylight world of a Ukrainian schoolboy, via symbolically rendered erotic experience; an obscure sense of guilt increases as the
There was a touching descriptions in the story, when the sky was dark, when all the people had fun, Akaky never indulged in any entertainment, he just gained that little joy alone in the house. Here Gogol used such boring behavior to express the loneliness and defiance of the
In the passage, Gogol experiences strong feelings of loneliness as in the imagery of emptiness. The negation of ‘no one’, highlights the melancholy tone of his homecoming. The asyndeton of watching passengers ‘being greeted by family members, lovers reunited with entangled arms,’ reminds him of his experience of having a family. He feels closer to his parents now than ever, as he reminisces the past homecomings where he was warmly greeted by Ashoke. Although the extended metaphor of ‘stubbornly exotic’ seems negative to the reader, it represents the Indian culture that he was brought up with.
In the end, the poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco talks about how it’s good to be unique, to be yourself. Julio Noboa Polanco uses the literary devices of alliteration, simile, and repetition. I think the message of the poem reflects certain things that happen in life. Like people can be someone but not
Born in America, immersed in mainstream American culture, but raised by parents who retain strong Indian traditions; in result, he struggles with his identity. As he grows up he questions who he truly is, and where he truly belongs. His past struggles all have an effect on his romantic relationships throughout the novel. Gogol’s three key relationships are animated by themes of belonging and alienation. Gogol’s first serious relationship is with Ruth,
As Gogol begins to grow up in America his attitude towards his name starts to change. The novel begins with Gogol feeling very uncomfortable with being called Nikhil on his first day of school. “It is very common for a child to be confused at first. Please
