Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Namesake' is the story of a young American Indian , Gogol.Gogol hates the name given to him by his parents , his 'good name' as they call it. He particularly hates the comparison to his namesake , Nikolai Gogol and is embarrassed by it . Gogol grows to be a handsome young architect , falls in love with an American girl and is happy for a while living with her and her family.Later,Gogol meets an Indian girl and marries her but feels lonely in the relationship.
Gogol is not proud of his origins , in fact he has been shown to hate them .He is shown growing more sensitive to his family , particularly his mother as time passes . His reactions to his father's death are especially touching . Jhuma Lahiri has managed to portray beautifully how Gogol's mother Ashima adjusts to her life in a foreign country , how she evolves from being a homesick housewife to a confident woman comfortable in her surroundings..
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