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The fact that Gogol also learns about the death from a phone call is striking. Throughout the novel we see bad news of deaths being brought about by telephones. First it was Ashima's father and now Ashoke. Telephones can be seen in this novel as bringers of bad news. We see that Gogol was humiliated, as seen in the line "he felt a sting of embarrassment", to be called by Ashima at Gerald and Lydia's house because he felt that his mother was too clingy but when he realized what it was for he rushes to Cleveland. To conclude, the fact that Gogol also learns of Ashoke's death over the phone is striking to the readers.

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Ashoke's death brings Gogol closer to his family and Gogol is really sad because he doesn't remember the last time he spoke to his father. "He cannot remember the last time he and his father had spoken. Two weeks ago? Four?" This shows that Gogol realizes how important his father was and now he won't ever get a chance to interact with him anymore and this is how Ashoke's death effects Gogol.

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Q2 - How does Ashoke's death effect Gogol?

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Q2 - How does Ashoke's death effect Gogol?

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After Ashoke's death, Gogol returns home. He also starts understanding the Indian traditions that he didn't understand before. He tonsures his head, foregoes meat, and eats a "mourner's diet." He begins to understand the importance of his name and how much it meant to his father.

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Ashoke's death affects how close the relationship between Gogol and Maxine is.
After the death of Ashoke, the entire Ganguli family goes into shock. Gogol and Sonia both leave their busy lives to come back and spend time with Ashima, and to be around each other to cope with the loss. It is at this point where we see the relationship between Gogol and Maxine become slightly distant.
Maxine wants Gogol to “get away from all this” and go on vacation with her, but Gogol refuses as he wants to spend time with his family and mourn the loss of his father.
This is how the relationship between Gogol and Maxine becomes slightly more strained after the death of Gogol's father.

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After Ashoke's death has brought Gogol more closer to his family ,however this effects his relationship with Maxine.
She tries to remain with Gogol and respect his traditions. She tries to talk with Gogol but Gogol feels that morning should be done with close relatives and not friends.

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In what ways does learning about Ashoke's death affect the relationship between Gogol and Maxine?

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In what ways does learning about Ashoke's death affect the relationship between Gogol and Maxine?

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Gogol and Maxine's relation took a big blow after Ashoke's death. Up till this point Gogol had been in his own little bubble, living as Nick and trying to avoid any connections to his old life. Ashoke's death pulled him out of his fantasy. We saw the dynamic between Maxine and Gogol change right from the start. Gogol refused to let her accompany him when he had to go to the hospital. Maxine wants Gogol to not think about his fathers passing but this is in fact what Gogol does the most. He stays overnight at Ashoke's apartment when Maxine wants him to come back. We start seeing Gogol slowly facing everything he's avoided and start to accept that he's a Bengali and embrace his Indian Traditions. There is a gap building between Maxine and Gogol and their misunderstanding slowly starts to take a toll as Maxine doesn't understand Gogol's Indian Traditions and at the same time Gogol is separating and distancing himself from Maxine because of his appreciation of Indian culture. This is what eventually strains and causes a big blow to their relationship.

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Gogol learns of his father's passing after a night out with Maxine. What I find striking about the way Gogol learns of Ashoke's death is how Gogol started to want to spend time with his family as he rejects the idea of spending the vacation with Maxine. I think he is beginning to realize how much he has neglected his parents and how when his fathers died it was all as a shock for him. He probably doesn't know much about his parents and this guilt of not spending time with them is causing him to stay away from Maxine.

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Gogol learns of his father's passing after a night out with Maxine. What I find striking about the way Gogol learns of Ashoke's death is how Gogol started to want to spend time with his family as he rejects the idea of spending the vacation with Maxine. I think he is beginning to realize how much he has neglected his parents and how when his fathers died it was all as a shock for him. He probably doesn't know much about his parents and this guilt of not spending time with them is causing him to stay away from Maxine.

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What do you find striking about the way Gogol receives the news of his father's death 

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What do you find striking about the way Gogol receives the news of his father's death 

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After Ashoke’s death the relationship between Maxine and Gogol changes drastically. At this point of the story, Ashoke has just died and Gogol is grasping with the loss and death of his father and suddenly sees his feelings towards Maxine change as he slips further and further away from her. The peak of their relationship at the cabin has come to an end and now they realise how incompatible they are. It starts off when Gogol breaks his promise to Maxine when she asks him to check into a hotel and he ends up doing it. He does this because he does not want to leave his father’s apartment empty but in my opinion Gogol might be subconsciously trying to disobey Maxine since he feels like it's her fault that he does not spend time with his family anymore and that they were enjoying while his "father was taking his last breaths". It might be because Maxine is not really connected to his family like he is with hers and he knows that she is not really affected by his death so at that moment “he feels defensive.” These moments are the start of the downfall in the relationship between Maxine and Gogol.

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Ashoke’s death plays an important role in the separation of Gogol and Maxine, as Gogol starts to take comfort in Bengali traditions that he previously found almost meaningless. After using the Ratliffs to try and escape from his Bengali heritage and even the name ‘Gogol’, his father’s death makes him realise that he no longer wants to do that. One where this is seen is when Maxine tells Gogol to leave his father’s apartment, but he decides to stay there overnight anyway. “Just promise me you’ll go to a hotel”...”He doesn’t want to leave his father’s apartment empty”. This is a significant pivotal moment in the story for Gogol and Maxine’s relationship due to this new misunderstanding between the two of them. Gogol begins to distance himself from her, and Maxine’s alienation from his newfound appreciation for his Bengali heritage is what drives them apart.

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It’s striking that Gogol appears annoyed by his mother’s phone call at the moment, but doesn’t realise the significance of it until later. This can be seen when Gogol “felt a sting of embarrassment” when he learned that his mother had called Maxine’s house twice. Gogol entirely dismisses the thought of calling his mother back so quickly and he would never have found out about his father’s death until the next morning, something that would deeply affect him and his family.

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In this scene, Gogol gets to know about Ashoke's death from Ashima over a phone call. Gogol is in disbelief when he gets to the hospital. We can see that he is trying to comprehend the death of his father when he asks the doctor “are you” but then quickly changes his sentence to “were you my father’s doctor”. This makes the audience feel sympathetic towards Gogol. Moving on to the scene where the doctor asks Gogol to identify his father, Gogol feels unsure and a little but disgusted about looking at his father and about what he is supposed to do. When he looks at the body he feels like this isn’t his father because “his glasses are missing” but inside he knows that it is his father. When Gogol “grazes his father’s mustache, an eyebrow” he feels like those parts of his father aren’t dead yet but they are “quietly living”. Jhumpa Lahiri describes Gogol’s reaction in a way that he still has hope that his father is alive. When Gogol goes toward his father’s car “there is no sign of his father” which makes his feel like Ashoke is wiped away. Ashoke’s death negatively affects Gogol. Gogol feels like there is still a chance that his father is alive and that people are getting rid of Ashoke’s traces.

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Ashoke’s death changed the amount of attention Gogol paid to Maxine. He didn’t feel the need to value her as much as he should have valued his father. Gogol ‘is accustomed to obeying her(Maxine)’ and promises to do what she says. Despite making a promise, he completely ignores her and decides to do what he feels is right. When Maxine comes to visit, Gogol doesn’t bother to explain anything to her in spite of knowing that she feels out of place, how he has always felt surrounded by so many Bengali people, knowing that his father's death 'doesn't affect her in the least'. This starts to indicate a change in Gogol's personality and foreshadows the distance growing between the couple.

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Ashoke’s death instills some sort of guilt within Gogol. For instance when Gogol and Maxine were “drunk from the book party, lazily sipping their beers, their cold cups of jasmine tea. All that time, his father was in the hospital, already dead”. Here we see how Gogol was trying to imagine the timeframe of when his father died and he realizes that while his father was taking his last breaths Gogol was enjoying his time with Maxine. This causes Gogol to feel guilty as he was not there beside his father. Furthermore, Ashoke’s death could also make Gogol feel guilty for making a conscious attempt at distancing himself from his parents and substituting them for the Ratliffs. Additionally, the lines, “thinking of his father living here alone these past months he feels the first threat of tears” once again shows Gogol’s guilt. He is saddened by the fact that his father died all alone while Gogol was blissfully unaware. This thought causes him to almost cry which is significant as throughout this whole incident of facing his father’s death he has not once shed a tear. To link back, these examples show how Ashoke’s death affected Gogol in a way that evokes guilt from him.

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Gogol is shocked to hear about the death of his father on the phone and he immediately comes back from New York to see his father’s body.

We see that he was surprised to hear the news because he had ignored the calls his mother gave and only picked it up when his sister called, “hello, Gerald said, and then to Gogol, it’s your sister this time”. Gogol realises that it would not be the usual call that he would have with his mother but would be something that was serious. From this we can see that he was surprised to hear about his father's death

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Use of PEAL: I think your point and analysis are good but I think that you should add another piece of evidence and make the link back to the question more clear.

I like how you explained the difference in Gogol's reaction before and after he knew what his mother was talking about.

One thing you should work on is making the link back to the question less vague.

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- What I like about your writing is how you have mentioned Maxine feeling alienated and disconnected from Gogol's new comfort in Bengali traditions.
- All PEAL features are there
- It might have been interesting to talk about how this again affects Gogol's cultural identity

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I think the evidence has been used really well and all the parts of the PEAL essay has been included One thing you could improve is you could include a personal response or some more analysis.

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Ashoke's death impacts Gogol in a way he rejects. He starts performing Indian traditions that he never understood and often rejected. He feels guilty as he had never connected to his father. He stays with his family and helps them. He eats a "mourner's diet"
He feels like a person who did not do justice by his father as he was going against his traditions (drinking/partying) while his father was suffering. He had not talked to his father in many weeks. He now feels a sense of responsibility to his family and has the urge to take care of his mother.

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There is point, evidence and a link.
I like the use of evidence to support your point and your ability to embed the quotes.
One thing you can do better is in some parts, analysing the text instead of explaining what happens.

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The way that Gogol finds out about his fathers death is rather striking. He is away from her, and he even feels embarrassed that she called him at first. This shows that he still wants to detach himself from his parents. He also decides to leave it till the morning, even though he knows she is alone. This results in him feeling shocked, as he realised he was ignorant about his parents, and now he won’t be able to speak with them ever again

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All the parts of the PEAL structure are used. I like how you have highlighted the contrast between Gogol and Ashima. I think the analysis has been done really well.

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The evidence has been used very well and all parts of PEAL have been incorporated well.

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I feel that you've provided an abundance of evidence and elaborated it as well. I do not see a clear point or link in the paragraph. One other thing you could improve on is adding on to your analysis and analyzing the text further

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THe Evidence and the link of the PEAL paragraph has not been used. I like that there is a lot of personal response in the answer and one thing you can do better is the structure of the peal paragraph.

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The PEAL format has been used well and all the parts are there.
Your point and evidence are related to each other and is very relevant.
Your paragraph could've been analyzed a bit more.

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The evidence you have used is very relevant. I think you could have elaborated more on your explanation on how Ashoke's death affected Gogol.

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It's well-written. I think you could have used more evidence, but the analysis is detailed. Also, there isn't a point.

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Q1. What do you find striking about the way in which Gogol learns of Ashoke’s death?

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Q1. What do you find striking about the way in which Gogol learns of Ashoke’s death?

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As soon as he hears of the news, Gogol immediately flies to Cleveland. What I found striking was that he immediately left his new, concocted life with Maxine. The fact was that he had tried so hard to get away from his older life, as “Gogol”, but this was too much to get away from. We can see this when Gerald and Lydia tell him that his mother had called. Gogol “felt a sting of embarrassment”, as he shudders at the thought of a connection with that part of his life. However, once he finds out what has happened, he immediately flies back and reverts back to “Gogol”. In essence, the fact that his event in Gogol’s life triggered him to revert back to his old life, made him and the readers realise that no matter how hard he tried to distance himself from it, he will never truly detach himself from the bonds of family.

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I really liked the comparison you made between Gogol before Ashoke’s death and after regarding his attitude towards Maxine.
I think one way you could improve the answer is by giving a slightly more elaborate analysis and a more in depth personal response.

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I like the way you have followed the peal structure and embedded the evidence in your answer. You could have elaborated more on the analysis.

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I like how you have connected the way he feels about his parents and how that has changed.
You could have gone a little bit more in-depth with analysis and used stronger words to convey effect. Also, be more specific in who you're talking about.

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There is analysis, point and a link.
I like the way you've analysed the text.
One thing you could do better is using quotes as evidence in your answer.

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What i like about your paragraph is that you have a clear point and good evidence. What I feel you could improve on is giving a substantive link and providing deeper analysis of Gogol's feelings and what effects the author creates

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The PEAL structure is used well. I like how you have embedded the quotes into your answer.

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I feel the evidences were relevant and well chosen, however I feel that you could have used them better, by indenting it.

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Use of PEAL: You have used the point, analysis and link but you didn't use any quotes in your answer.

I like how the you talked about the connection between Maxine and Gogol breaking because of Gogol's new appreciation for Indian Culture.

One thing you could have done better is to use more formal language and to use textual evidence.

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I feel that you’re analysis is really strong, and i feel that it answers the question really well. One improvement that you could make is adding a personal response.

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The evidence is imbedded really well in the paragraph, you can elaborate a bit more and can even give a personal response.

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The analysis of Gogol's actions and feelings is very well-written. I think you could have used more evidence.

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You have used the PEAL structure well. I like how you have written your answer with details.