{"id":8208,"date":"2019-09-02T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/?p=8208"},"modified":"2019-09-16T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:29:11","slug":"the-namesake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/the-namesake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Namesake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOne hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h4>\n

Author: Jhumpa Lahiri<\/p>\n

Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London and led her after-life in Rhode Island. Her mother was a<\/p>\n

Bengali and her to follow all the Bengali customs and traditions. She pursued her M.A. in creative writing and Ph.D. in Renaissance studies. Much known for her fictional works, she was awarded prestigious prizes like Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel Interpreter of Maladies. Her other famous works include The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, In other<\/p>\n

words, etc.<\/p>\n

About the novel:<\/h2>\n

The Namesake is a diaspora novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. In this novel, we get to know an Indian-American family struggling with an identity crisis. The protagonist of the novel Gogol faces name, identity, and cultural crisis because of his alienation in the foreign land. Ashoke and Ashima belong to the Bengali family and trapped by strangers in America because of the lack of familiar relations between them. The novel talks about a lot of significant theme including native and foreign. All the characters constantly struggle to retain their self by not getting lost in a foreign land.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Genre: Fiction<\/p>\n

Tone: Sympathetic, generous, and nostalgic<\/p>\n

Type: Fiction<\/p>\n

Year of publication: 2003<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Main Characters<\/h2>\n

Gogol Ganguli: Son<\/p>\n

Ashoke Ganguli: Husband<\/p>\n

Ashima Ganguli: Wife<\/p>\n

Sonali Ganguli: Daughter<\/p>\n

Moushumi: Son\u2019s wife<\/p>\n

Maxine Ratliff: Son\u2019s girlfriend<\/p>\n

Ruth: Son\u2019s girlfriend<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Significant themes<\/h2>\n

The relation of being and becoming<\/p>\n

Alienation and recluse<\/p>\n

Nostalgia\/ homesickness<\/p>\n

Hybrid identity with a mix of both the worlds<\/p>\n

Significance of name and identity crisis<\/p>\n

Fondness of family and relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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