Understanding who you really are in the early years of your life can be a challenge. Young kids are always asking questions due to their curious nature. “Who am I?”. “Where did I come from?”. These are very common questions that people pose themselves throughout their lives. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol GanguliContinue reading “The Struggle for Identity”
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The Foreignness of a New Country
Leaving behind family, friends, and your old home to move to another country is always a difficult task. Learning the language and adjusting to the norms of a foreign society are just two examples of struggles involved with immigration. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, both Ashoke and Ashima move to Massachusetts, America from India.Continue reading “The Foreignness of a New Country”