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But his father is not the type to admit such things, to speak openly of his desires, his moods, his needs. the father is not very prompt to show his emotions and his love very publicly he is more kept back.

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The main flashback of the novel is when Ashoke remembers his train accident in which he almost died. the emotions and things that happen because of this accident appear throughout the story and the flashback plays an important role regarding the main conflict of the name gogol.

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Throughout the whole story we see Gogol not wanting to be anything like his Dad or even resemble him and follow after him. But in the end after everything he goes through he ends up being like his Dad and actually states that at the end of everything he ends up being just like his Dad

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The Ratliffs are vociferous at the table, opinionated about about things his own parents are indifferent to; movies, exhibits at museums, good restaurants, the design of everyday things.

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In the beginning of the novel Ashima is giving birth. Lahiri uses imagery to describe  her surroundings in her home and within the hospital. Imagery is also used to convey the pain Ashima feel during birth.

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In the book The Namesake Gogol's father, Ashoke has a flashback of his near death experience on his way to Calcutta. Ashoke's remembers his mom saying he would die while reading book,this is foreshadowing. Later on in the book Ashoke dies while teaching in Ohio.

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A person who sells or creates lenses for people. Typically they work for eye glass companies and offices.
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Optician is a Noun

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Gogol was a pet name turned real name. The name Gogol represents every embarrassment Nikhil sees in himself. When Gogol changed his name to Nikhil those of his past, his close family and friends still know him as only Gogol. Those of his future know him as Nikhil, thus unintentionally, making Gogol his pet name as intended and representing the embarrassment and vulnerability only his family and those of his past know.

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A round building or room, especially one with a dome.
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noun

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The name used to identify the members of a family
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Surname is a Noun

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Gogol hates his name, He changes his name to Nikhil allowing himself a rebirth and leaving the name Gogol behind. Man-Vs-Self

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One of the major themes is identity Gogol is constantly trying to change his identity in order to find himself in other ways than his background.

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Throughout the whole book we see Ashima going back and forth from her life in America and back home in Calcutta. You see the struggle between her new life with her husband and kids and her old life with her family. She longs for the day she can go back but doesn't want to miss out on her life in America. At the end we see her decide to meet in the middle and travel back and forth more consist to be in both worlds

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Ashoke and Ashima, the mother and father of the soon to be Gogol are at a standstill between there son's name because his great-grandmother's letter containing the name he is to have has not arrived. And in order to be discharged from the hospital the doctor needs to put a name on the birth certificate. So they have no choice but to give in and chose a name of there own. Man Vs. Self

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Throughout the whole book we see the battle of Gogol and his name. How he hates it but at the same time feels like he is betraying his parents for changing his name to Nikhil. It's a constant pull back and forth because he lives by twi names when at school and home

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Gogol throughout the story characterizes himself from an obedient Indian child to a rebellious american teen back ti a responsible Indian adult. in all once hes matured he accepts his heritage with open arms.

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the tendency to attract attention because of one's exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.

Flamboyance is an adjective P.37

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Ashoke tells Nikhil about The tragic train incident that he had to endure and the significance of Nikhil's pet name Gogol. After realizing the significance of his name it leads Gogol to appreciate his father and his name more.

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Gogol fell in love with the gothic archtitecuture of the campus,nn always astonitioned by the physcial beauty that surrounds him, that roots him to his environs in a way he had never felt growing up on Pemberton Road.

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"He remembers the page crumpled tightly in his fingers, the sudden shock of the lantern's glare in his eyes. But for the first time he thinks of that moment not with terror, but with gratitude."

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"He remembers the page crumpled tightly in his fingers, the sudden shock of the lantern's glare in his eyes. But for the first time he thinks of that moment not with terror, but with gratitude."

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After going back and reading this and seeing where i'm at in the book it feels as though this is something that Gogol will soon find out and come to understand the true meaning of his name. And when he finds out significant his name is and how special it is to his dad he'll understand himself better.

Chapter 2

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" For the first time ever,Gogol saw his names with a different meaning, one that saved his father."

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" For the first time ever,Gogol saw his names with a different meaning, one that saved his father."

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When As-hoke finally tells Gogol the importance and meaning of the name Gogol, it is a profoundly important moment. Gogol no longer bears any hatred towards his name of Gogol and seems to fully accept his family.

Chapter 5

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Moushumi she wanted to take the job as a fellowship in France for the year but decides not to. She quitly turns the offer down. She feels a bit guilty for all the months of studying using her exams as an excuse, she has ignored Nikhil perhaps more than nessesary. Chapter 10

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emits light due to being heated.

Adjective

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He falls in love with Maxine, the house, and Gerald and Lyia's manner of living, for to know her and love her is to know and love all of these things. He loves the mess that surrounds Maxine, her hundreds of things always are alone on the fith floor and her bedside table. The way she lives life is so indiffernt to his life and is intriged to see where it leads him.

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under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Adjective P.7

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Pâté is a paste,  spread of very finely minced liver, poultry, etc, served usually as an hors d'oeuvre. a savoury pie of meat or fish.This is unaccustomed to Gogol for it is introudeced to him when he was with Maxine. noun P.69

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Gogol asks himself the rightness of him having little to do with his family in exchange for hanging out with Maxines family essentially assimilating into their culture. Gogol mulls over his wrongdoings and how he misinterpreted his family.

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"Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it. One day it will be too late"

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"Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it. One day it will be too late"

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Ashoke meets Ghosh , ,on a train in 1961. They have a long conversation and Ghosh tells him to travel before settling down.Later the train crashes and Ghosh is killed. Ashoke survives the crash. Ashoke remembers his advice and goes to a fellowship in the United states

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Gogol his name is frequently brought up and he is always questioning it and is having a bad attitude torwads it even when its his family that mispeak and try to correct themselves. He tkaes it either wrong way. An example would be when his wife speaks to her friends about his name he gets offended amnd tells her that she shouldnt have brought it up

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“And then the young woman tells her that the patient, Ashoke Ganguli, her husband, has expired. Expired. A word used for library cards, for magazine subscriptions.”

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“And then the young woman tells her that the patient, Ashoke Ganguli, her husband, has expired. Expired. A word used for library cards, for magazine subscriptions.”

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In (Chapter 7), after Ashoke’s death in Ohio, Ashima thinks these thoughts, while alone in the house on Pemberton Road. For Ashima, Ashoke is everything: husband, father to her two children. if it wasnt for ashoke they would have never moved to America

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"The fellow by that book. I saw him move"

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"The fellow by that book. I saw him move"

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This is a big one that stands out to me. Even thought it's in the first chapter of the book and it's super short. But without this, Ashoke would have never been seen or even rescued and therefore his life with Ashima or Gogol's birth would of never happened. And we see throughout the book how this event in Ashoke's life is still very much a part of his life.  P.9

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‘There’s no such thing as a perfect name. I think that human beings should be allowed to name themselves when they turn eighteen,’ he adds. ‘Until then, pronouns.’

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‘There’s no such thing as a perfect name. I think that human beings should be allowed to name themselves when they turn eighteen,’ he adds. ‘Until then, pronouns.’

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In (Chapter 9), Gogol, says this to Moushumi and her friends, after she reveals that he has changed his name from Gogol. Gogol is, first, embarrassed that his wife has done this without consulting with him. He feels that Moushumi is making fun of him in front of her friends. Gogol is okay with his name but doesn't like when it was speaked to others outside his family.

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The theme of this story is that of family, gogol despised and yet loves his family, its the battle of the self because his family and his freedom are both aspects of him.

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In the first chapter when Ashoke was on the train talking to Ghosh they talk about traveling and we see Ghosh telling Ashoke to go and see the world before he's old and married. To go explore why he's free

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"Gogol listens, stunned,his eyes fixed on his father's profile. Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who kept a secret has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does not fully know." 

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"Gogol listens, stunned,his eyes fixed on his father's profile. Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who kept a secret has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does not fully know." 

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This quote is important because throughout the novel , Gogol struggles finding himself, and the main aspect of him being confused about himself is the fact that he doesn't know the origin  of his name  Chapert 6

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When Ashoke is sitting in the hospital waiting for Gogol to be born and he thinks back to the train scene and remembers the moment. Its important to the book because it tells of Ashoke's traumatic past and where Gogol got his name from

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Used throughout to convey repetition of ideas

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Foreignness , Lahiri states that it is not that Bengalis experience a feeling of being left out when they come to America,but America is a country of outsiders living together.

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In The Namesake Gogol the importance of Gogol's name is stressed throughout the book. In the beginning Gogol's name didn't come in, so they gave him the pet name of Gogol. In the book Gogol acts a certain way around his friends when he goes by Gogol, but then acts a certain way to around his family when he goes by Nikhil.

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padlet and trailer graded

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Gogol finally sees his name for what it is and his and he thanks his dad.

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In The Namesake Ashima describes her new way of living in America. While There's bugs and the apartment isn't in the best shape. Ashima tries to stay postive about her situation.

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Ashoke remembers a near death experience while sitting in the hospital after the baby was born. He was on a train on his way back to Calcutta, and he was reading a book on the train during the night. The train derailed, but because he was still awake he survived. The author of the book Ashoke was reading is Nikolai Gogol, so he decided to give his child a pet name of Gogol.

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The Namsake is about a boy whos parents are from India. He is born and raised in America. His parents culture are very different than America's culture. Gogol acts and was raised very differently than his parents.

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Growing up in America, Gogol acts very differently than how his parents want him to. When Gogol is around his parents he conforms to how they want him to be. When Gogol isn't around his parents he acts acts like a different person.

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A surname is a family name

The surnames of the main family in the namesake are the Gangulis.

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done without confidence; hesitant

Ashoke was a tentative father towards gogol, because he wasn't used to being a father in the begining

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"Hello, Gogol," he whispers, leaning over his son's haughty face, his tightly bundled body. "Gogol," he repeats, satisfied. The baby turns his head with an expression of extreme consternation and yawns. Ashima approves, aware that the name stands not only for her son's life, but her husband's. She knows the story of the accident, a story she first heard with polite newlywed sympathy, but the thought of which now, now especially, makes her blood go cold.

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"Hello, Gogol," he whispers, leaning over his son's haughty face, his tightly bundled body. "Gogol," he repeats, satisfied. The baby turns his head with an expression of extreme consternation and yawns. Ashima approves, aware that the name stands not only for her son's life, but her husband's. She knows the story of the accident, a story she first heard with polite newlywed sympathy, but the thought of which now, now especially, makes her blood go cold.

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This is the point where Ashoke gives Gogol his pet name and he uses this name throughout the book until he changes it when he gets older.

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The pages of his book, which had been tossed from his hand, fluttered in two sections a few feet away from the train. The glare from a search lantern briefly caught the pages, momentarily distracting one of the rescuers. "Nothing here," Ashoke heard someone say. "Let's keep going. "But the lantern's light lingered, just long enough for Ashoke to raise his hand, a gesture that he believed would consume the small fragment of life left in him. He was still clutching a single page of "The Overcoat," crumpled tightly in his fist, and when he raised his hand the wad of paper dropped from his fingers. "Wait!" he heard a voice cryout. "The fellow by that book. I saw him move. "He was pulled from the wreckage, placed on a stretcher, transported on another train to a hospital in Tatanagar.

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The pages of his book, which had been tossed from his hand, fluttered in two sections a few feet away from the train. The glare from a search lantern briefly caught the pages, momentarily distracting one of the rescuers. "Nothing here," Ashoke heard someone say. "Let's keep going. "But the lantern's light lingered, just long enough for Ashoke to raise his hand, a gesture that he believed would consume the small fragment of life left in him. He was still clutching a single page of "The Overcoat," crumpled tightly in his fist, and when he raised his hand the wad of paper dropped from his fingers. "Wait!" he heard a voice cryout. "The fellow by that book. I saw him move. "He was pulled from the wreckage, placed on a stretcher, transported on another train to a hospital in Tatanagar.

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This is the way Nikolai Gogol's book "The Overcoat" saved Ashokes life.