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The Namesake Quotes
The Namesake is a novel that was written by Lahiri in 2003. “Though substitute teachers at school always pause, looking apologetic when they arrive at his name on the roster, forcing Gogol to call out, before even being summoned, “That’s me,” teachers in the school system not to give it a second thought. After a year or two, the students no longer tease….p.66-67” that shows the difficulties that Gogol face with his name at the school and how his teachers and his classmates found that pronouncing his name also was difficult. In addition, Gogol face insulting from his classmates because his name and some time they tried to tease him. Moreover, who Gogol deal when someone can’t pronounce his name by pronouncing his name for them. This passage

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