Chapter 4

From chapter 4 of the novel, The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol celebrates his fourteenth birthday with a party  with his friends. Late Night for the first time his dad, Ashoke gave a him a birthday present which is a copy of the short story of Nikolai Gogol. However the next year Ashoke is on Sabbatical, and the whole family h traveled to Calcutta for eight months. After a trip from the Taj in India, on their way back a passenger gets murder in the train ,and Ashoke was the most one who horrified about the accident. In August, they return to Massachusetts and Gogol invited by some friend to a party at the university  where his father teaches, and pretended to be a freshman at armherst. Fortunately for the first time Gogol introduce his self as Nikhil  to girl name Kim. As brave he was that new name gave him a little kiss for the first time in his life.

Consequently to brave  is to be  ready to face or endure danger or pain. However in my opinion, it is really important to be brave, so can be able to handle your fear during your battle.For instance, in the the novel, though Gogol was shield in the conversation, his bravery  musters up the courage to kiss Kim. You can see that having courage is like a motivation that  is pushing you to accomplish whatever  you have in mind. Moreover i believe brave  is the only thing that can a help people to stand for themselves though they fear. It also standing up to a bully.

chapter 3

In chapter 3 of the novel, The Namesake, by Jhumpa  Lahiri , the Gangulis  now live in an university town outside of Boston. At day times, Ashoke goes to teach at the University, Gogol goes to nursery school, and Ashima hangs out at the library. A couple years later they move to their first house, and on August when Gogol turned 5 years old, Ashima becomes pregnant again. As Gogol starts kindergarten, his parents tried to make  people at the school to call Gogol by his formal name, Nikhil, but unfortunately  that didn't happen. However, when Gogol’s sister born, they name her Sonali and settle her nickname as Sonia. The fact that both  Ashoke and Ashima parents pass away in India, the Gangulis become to fit more into the American Culture, and even start celebrating Christmas.  In six grade Gogol goes on field trip where the last stop was to close to a famous writer's graveyard though Ashima was horrified.

In my point of view i completely agree with the fact that Ashima was horrified  about the field trip. Though Gogol don't remember anything from his first trip to Calcutta, but family members death have a affects on children too. Moreover the feeling about death most of the time have always become a part of children's life because they deal with death differently at different age. I believe  that  cemetery is not place for kids because what people discuss with kids always have impact of them. For instance, Jessica,when she was twelve years old after  hearing that death people power . The fact that she want to win  the lottery, she went to clean someone one's cellar  that people have  ignored, and asked for a lottery number. Since that night she began to have trouble sleeping  and keeping on having bad dream until she went back to dirty the cellar she had cleaned. You can notice that  it's not acceptable  to go on cemetery with kids because hearing  conversation that is not for they age can affect they life for while.

Chapter 2

 In the Novel,The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Ashima allowed her grandmother to name her child. Since neither Ashima or Ashoke' s family have a telephone in India, she waited for her grandmother' letter. Ashima spends three days in the hospital and no letter came. As the hospital won't discharge the baby without a name, Ashoke decides to name him Gogol. After Asima and Ashoke return home;In November, they received a letter from Ashima's father dated three weeks before tells them that Ashima's grandmother has a stroke. When Gogol  turn one year old in August, Ashima and Ashoke planning a family visit to Calcutta in December. Then Ashima realized  that her dad died in a hard attack,and went to calcutta with her family feeling pretty blue.

i feel like people should always have a backup plan in life and never rely on people for a hundred percent sure because  people never know what the future will bring to them. For instance, according to the novel, The Namesake, Ashoke and ashima had difficulty to name their baby in the hospital  because they were rely on Ashima 's grandmother who lives in Indian to name him  while they are living in Boston. Through our life you can see that life doesn't always go to  our plan and that is reason why we always need a backup plan.

The Situation

Many cultures have similarities and differences in naming they babies . For instance  he United States Culture and the Bengali Culture  are very different. In Bengali children are  name by their grandparents and also have two names where one is a pet name and the another  represent dignified. Therefore, children are not able to name after another family member. While in  the American Culture parents name they babies and also able to name them after them after they self.

Certainly my culture and the American culture are the same. This mean that parents name they babies just right after their born,and it is also acceptable for parents to  name a child after a family member.Honestly my name is very similar to my father's name. He simply add ns after his name which is Herve that become Hervens.I don't know what my name means to father so i really can't explain what its mean because it is not on dictionary.

Chapter 1 response

From page 13-18 from " the Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri is about the conversion between Ashoke and the business man name Gosh. Gosh advised Ashoke to travel the world as much he can before it's to late. As a result when it is bed time Ashoke stayed up reading Gobol. Moreover instead of reading his grandfather Russian, he reads his engineering books to stay up  as his courses level.

On page 16 from " The namesake" Gosh told Ashoke to Pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. In my opinion i think he wants  Ashoke to travel the world as much he can before to settle his family in order to improve his communication and social skill. For instance many people travel to increase their knowledge by viewing new customs which is a different way of living. You can notice that Gosh is advising Ashoke to go experience new things in life.

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 In the Novel,The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Ashima allowed her grandmother to name her child. Since neither Ashima or Ashoke' s family have a telephone in India, she waited for her grandmother' letter. Ashima spends three days in the hospital and no letter came. As the hospital won't discharge the baby without a name, Ashoke decides to name him Gogol. After Asima and Ashoke return home;In November, they received a letter from Ashima's father dated three weeks before tells them that Ashima's grandmother has a stroke. When Gogol  turn one year old in August, Ashima and Ashoke planning a family visit to Calcutta in December. Then Ashima realized  that her dad died in a hard attack,and went to calcutta with her family feeling pretty blue.

i feel like people should always have a backup plan in life and never rely on people for a hundred percent sure because  people never know what the future will bring to them. For instance, according to the novel, The Namesake, Ashoke and ashima had difficulty to name their baby in the hospital  because they were rely on Ashima 's grandmother who lives in Indian to name him  while they are living in Boston. Through our life you can see that life doesn't always go to  our plan and that is reason why we always need a backup plan.