The Namesake is the story of an immigrant Bengali couple and their son Nikhil, whose pet name of Gogol becomes his legal name due to a language barrier-related misunderstanding after his birth. The novel follows Gogol through his life as he struggles with his Indian identity and with his often unsteady relationship with his parents. His name and its uncertainty has a strong influence on the course of his life and informs a great deal of his personality and fate.
The namesake book and the movie differences I read the book first which made me understand the movie better I could enjoy the movie without reading the book but the novel gives a deeper dimension to the characters When I watched the movie I noticed that there were a lot of things missing from the book which means some of things were on the book they were not on the movie For example in the movie where they live is in New York City but the book said they lived in Boston since they moved to Ameri
The novel The Namesake follows the life of Ashima and Ashoke Gangulis immigration experience moving from India to America Once in America they start a family with their first born son Gogol They could have never guessed however that giving him that name would be the cause of a major identity crisis Being American born compared to his very traditional parents added to his distress Throughout his life all this inner turmoil conflicted with his personal life and especially with his ideas of love U
The character of Antonio in Twelfth Night has caused disagreement is he a bluff comrade of Sebastian or tormented by a homoerotic attraction The character of Antonio Sebastians faithful friend throws an interesting light upon the romantic intrigues which make up the main plot of Twelfth Night When the twins Viola and Sebastian were separated by the shipwreck that precedes the plays action Antonio saved Sebastian and brought him ashore In their first scene Antonio asks that either Sebastian stay
The Stone Angel Margaret Laurences novel The Stone Angel is a critically acclaimed novel as well as a major Canadian text It has remained in Canadian English courses in both high schools and universities for many reasons to the delight many English teachers and professors The novel is ripe with beautifully worded and simply sublime metaphors and illusions The novel is excellent for students as it leaves them with little morsels of questions to chew at and pick over The most immediate question t
The House on Mango Street In The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros talks a lot about the problems that Latino women face in a society that lets men control them A society that is dominated by men and a society that values women for what they look like and not for what is on inside Cisnero also describes how hard it is for Latinos to fit in the American culture especially when there are so many stereotypes against them She also discusses the hardships of language barriers and how those who c
Every story book novel epic poem has certain literary elements that are needed in order to keep a readers interest and to keep them reading throughout the story Needed to keep the reader on the edge of their seat Some of these elements are plot theme setting conflict climax antagonist and protagonist The antagonist in the story is the character that creates the problems in the story for the protagonist and all but symbolizes what is wrong with society The protagonist is the one in the story tha
A Worn Path Eudora Weltys A Worn Path is about an elderly African American woman in the 1930s named Phoenix Jackson whose love for her grandson takes her on a long and difficult journey Phoenixs mission is to make it through the Mississippi woods on her way to town to get medicine from the doctor for her sick grandson She is faced with many physical mental and racial obstacles and has to overcome adversity throughout the course of her journey Phoenix Jackson is a very feeble old woman who clear
Peter Goldsworthys coming of age novel Maestro discusses the implications of lost dreams deep regret and human limitations but also delivers a message of encouragement and hope The protagonist Paul Crabbe is raised with a sense of self entitlement and a predestined career as a concert pianist but is forced to deal with an inability to attain perfection or concert glory The high hopes of his parents eventually give way to the realization that their son lacks the rubato and musical flair for a pe
James Joyces Development of a Young Artist As an account of the formative years of ambitious author Stephen Dedalus James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man suggests by the title that the focus covers events in Stephens life relevant to his development as an artist On a moral spectrum Stephens development ranges from devout Catholicism to the depths of sin and as the driving forces behind this moral ambiguity shift him between the two Stephen eventually puts himself in the center of