identity crisis: forming‚ deforming and reforming in the light of The Namesake by Jumpha lahiri. Having born of educated middle class Bengali parents in London and grown up in Rhodes Island (USA) Jhumpa Lahiri beautifully and authentically portrays the diaspora experiences in her first collection of short stories‚ Interpreter of Maladies (which won her the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 2000) as well as her first novel The Namesake (which spent several weeks on New York Times bestseller list).(Wikipedia)
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Sociology 201 Does Culture Affect Identity and Behavior? A Movie-Thesis Based on the Movie: The Namesake by Mira Nair (2007) Based on the Novel By Jhumpa Lahiri Does culture affect identity and behavior? The Namesake is the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli from their traditional arranged marriage in Calcutta‚ India‚ to their immigrant life in America and the family they raised in the suburbs of New York. The film explores cultural identity and tends to reflect at key turning points
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Cultural traditions‚ migration‚ family and identity are issues which emerge throughout the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. How have various literary techniques been used to show that these issues play a major role in an individual experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging? The need to belong to a group or community shapes our behaviour‚ attitudes and actions. Instinctively we bond with our own or people we may otherwise not have. However‚ when your cultural identity is marginalised
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Thakur Ankita Project In English I 13 October 2014 Diasporic Narrative in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake Abstract Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake predominantly involves the collision between the two cultures American and Bengali. It not only determines the clash between the different generations but also vivid ideologies affecting the lives of middle class family and especially the life of Gogol. Jhumpa Lahiri tries her best to portray the lifestyle of a very simple Bengali Family residing in abroad
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New Delhi: Khosla Publishing House‚ 2002. Print. “Diaspora.” Oxford Dictionary Online. 2011. n.pag. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. Grossman‚ Lev. “Jhumpa Lahiri: The Quest Laureate.” Time Magazine 08 May 2011: n. pag. Web. 13 Aug. 2011. Kadam‚ Mansing G. “The Namesake: A Mosaic of Marginality‚ Alienation‚ and Nostalgia and Beyond.” Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Prespective. Ed. Nigamananda Das. Delhi: Pencraft International‚ 2008. Print. Lahiri‚ Jhumpa. Interview by Barbara Kantowitz. “Who Says There’s No Second Act
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differentiated‚ heterogeneous‚ contested spaces even as they are implicated in the construction of common ‘they’. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” tells the story of the Ganguli family over the course of thirty years. The immigrant is constantly struggling with the memories of his homeland and the realities of the new world. This constant struggle is portrayed “The Namesake” as first generation immigrants and their children struggle to find their places in society. The Ganguli parents struggle with adapting
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The film I have chosen is “The Namesake” by Jhumpra Lahiri. A traditional Bengali Indian family‚ the Ganguli’s‚ are moving to New England and are trying to stay engulfed in their unique cultural identity. Ashoke Ganguli brings his new wife‚ Ashima‚ to a strange new world‚ leaving her lonely and confused of a culture outside of her own. Ashima needs to learn to love a man she does not know‚ to customize herself to a country she is unfamiliar with‚ and to hold true to her values in a culture foreign
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Why is naming so important? • For Gogol‚ his name is a source of embarrassment and for his father it is more of salvation • His name is the start of his family traditions‚ but he eventually does not follow any of the traditions Does your name identify who you are? • A person’s name is an identifier and may end up being more than just a name • A name may connect with something else (like naming after a grandparent to represent them) – Gogol’s name represents his father’s close to death experience
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BELONGING ESSAY- THE NAMESAKE AND HOMELAND “Understanding nourishes belonging. A lack of understanding prevents it”. An individual desires to belong but there are obstacles and difficulties in achieving this sense of belonging. One of these main barriers is a lack of understanding of belonging. This is portrayed inThe Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ where Ashima’s lack of understanding of culture and place causing isolation and prevents her from belonging in America. Furthermore‚ understanding yourself
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shape an understanding of belonging Explore how this is evident in ‘The Namesake’ and ‘All quiet on the Western Front’ There are times in individual’s lives when sudden realisations may alter their perception of themselves and their place in the world. The place‚ context and setting in significant moments in time throughout individual’s lives cause such realisations occur. This can be seen in both the novels “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque
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