Gogol, the son, tries to find his own identity without losing his heritage, even though his parents, Ashoke and Ashima, are proud of the sacrifices they made to satisfy their family’s needs. In America, identity became a real encounter to the Ganguli family, Once Ashima made a baby boy, the baby name was an issue. Ashima and Ashoke were in shock they 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 other name. Family identity is made up of the traits a person has inherited along with the role in their family they have been born into. Because of the memory of how he got his name, Gogol will forever remember his name and identify as Gogol. Being called a name for mostly your life will affect how you identify yourself. Your name is apart of you and memory brings that
Gogol, the son, tries to find his own identity without losing his heritage, even though his parents, Ashoke and Ashima, are proud of the sacrifices they made to satisfy their family’s needs. In America, identity became a real encounter to the Ganguli family, Once Ashima made a baby boy, the baby name was an issue. Ashima and Ashoke were in shock they 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 other name. Family identity is made up of the traits a person has inherited along with the role in their family they have been born into. Because of the memory of how he got his name, Gogol will forever remember his name and identify as Gogol. Being called a name for mostly your life will affect how you identify yourself. Your name is apart of you and memory brings that