Throughout the eleven day morning period Ashima goes through a very tough time to get used ot the life without Ashoke.
The mourning period is a time when friends family and well wishers of the family visit them to express their sympathy on the death of Ashoke.
When Ashoke receives a research fellowship in Ohio, he moves there, leaving Ashima alone in the house. She takes a part - time job at the library to fill up her time.
Ashima is addressing Christmas cards when she gets the news that Ashoke is in the hospital. Ashima's father - an illustrator in Calcutta. Ashima's father dies in Chapter 2, as the family is preparing to return to India to visit.
His death is very difficult for Ashima , who feels distant from her family. Ashima's grandmother - given the ceremonial job of naming Gogol. Identity and Naming As its title suggests, at its core The Namesake tackles the question of forming one's own identity, and explores the power that a name can carry. Gogol's decision to change his name to Nikhil before leaving home for college demonstrates his desire to take control over his own identity.
Moushumi and Gogol share the experience of having a complicated connection to their family and history, which brings them together, but is too limited to support a real relationship.
She brings the marriage with Gogol to an end by cheating on him with Dimitri Desjardins. The Namesake is the first novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally a novel published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length novel. It explores many of the same emotional and cultural themes as her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
Gogol's name is significant for several reasons. For Gogol literally has the same name as Nikolai Gogol , but he is named for his father, and relatedly, he is named in lieu of his grandmother, who, in turn, would not name him after another person, but for a quality she would want Gogol to possess later in life. Ashoke the Immigrant As the family's breadwinner, it's possible that he, more than anyone else, struggles to strike a balance between assimilating into American culture and holding on to his own.
Ashoke chooses the name because Nikolai Gogol is his favorite writer, but also because he was reading a collection of Gogol stories on a train one night when he was involved in a horrific accident.
Many people were killed and Ashoke himself was seriously injured. Ghosh is a businessman that Ashoke meets on the fateful night of his train accident in With the story of his own life, he inspires Ashoke to travel to America. Finally, for the sake of clarity, the movie makes a number of internal dialogues external. Where the novel shows Ashima feeling alone and confused in America inside her own mind, the movie includes scenes of Ashima accidentally shrinking clothes in American dryers and being honked at by American drivers for driving too slowly.
Previous Chapter Next Quiz. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Jhumpa Lahiri. Previous Next. Chapter 7 At some point between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Ashima is home alone addressing Christmas cards, which she has decided to make herself.
These days, life is pretty quiet. Ashoke comes to visit from Ohio every three weeks, where he helps her with household chores and pays the bills. And when she is alone, she works at her part-time job at the library. At 3 pm, Ashoke calls her to let know that he is at the hospital because he's been having a bit of trouble with his stomach. He promises he'll call her back after his hospital visit. No sweat, right? She is totally sweating.
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