Essays on Gogol

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is an example of a literary work that was made by Diaspora Indians in foreign lands (Macwan 112). This novel tackles the associated feelings of alienation, adaptability, loss of identity, mobility and adjustments to promote awareness on the status of migrants (Macwan 114). It raises inquiries about the definitions of ‘home’ or ‘nation’. This paper discusses Gogol’s definition of home in the novel and how this definition changed from his childhood to his teenage and college years up to his adulthood. Gogol, as well as his parents, holds the idea that home is ...

“The Namesake”, adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel shows us an amazing picture of two generations, who came from Calcutta.

The movie begins with a man in the train, reading “The Overcoat ”, written by famous Russian author Nikolai Gogol. The man, called Ashoke, is an ordinary Indian, who likes reading and this is his way of travelling. However, this time he is not able to enjoy the book as the friendly stranger starts the talk with him. The stranger advises him to leave India, discover other countries and expand his horizons, as Gogol did. Suddenly, the train crash interrupted their conversation. Ashoke survives and lying later in the bed, he understands, that the Gogol’s book is a guide ...

William Kentridge (South African artist)

William Kentridge is a famous South African artist who draws and erases with charcoal. What is interesting about him is that he records his compositions at each stage and creates a video projection of the re-worked source drawings. This makes his aesthetic concerns linked intimately with the descriptive power of his work. There is a palpable tension in his quiet works because of the brutality of the content. Kentridge shows his concerns of post-Apartheid South Africa with an unparalleled lyricism in his compositions 1. Kentridge is a filmmaker and sculptor too and has been heavily involved in theatre. One ...

This essay will discuss the concept of interpersonal relationships and the strengths and weaknesses of Narrative Therapy within professional and family relationship environments. The client is the expert on her/his life and the therapist focusses on the person and not the problem, conducting therapeutic conversations that externalize the problem. This is the concept of Narrative Therapy (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2004, pp. 343-344). Narrative Therapy views problems as separate from people and assumes that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values and abilities that change their relationship with the problems in their lives (Freedman & Combs, 2000, pp. 400-404). For example, were ...

Introduction

"This is a story of an upper class Indian family (Ashima and Ashoke ) who moves as relatively new immigrants into Cambridge, Massachusetts with an aspiration for better and perhaps encouraging opportunities, and the focus mainly on their only son, Gogol. The whole family though struggles to have themselves conformed to the way of life of the average American. The major theme of focus on the story portrayed as a struggle for identity goes about Gogol life. Born to immigrants in Boston, Gogol is brought-up in the suburbs of Boston though with a name he hates- Gogol. To this young man, what ...

“The Namesake” is somewhat fiction with reality and the story moves around cities in India and United States and is about a family that has migrated from India to United States. Gogol Ganguly who is born in United States to Indian parents Ashima and Ashoke Ganguly struggles to be Americanized.

The name “Namesake” comes from the idea where in the US he gets compared to Nikolai Gogol (his namesake) which he hates.

Gogol grows up being influenced with the American culture and society, when he joins the Yale University he falls in love with Maxine and gets involved ...