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Culture
growth
Immigration

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Identity
Growth

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Americanization, Assimilation of cultures, Chutneyfication, Acculturation, Identity

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identity
immigrant
family
traditional

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- identity
- assimilation
- growth

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Assimilation, identity, americanisation,Gogol's name

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1. Gogol's name
2. identity
3. Americanisation
4. different relationships between family members

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identity, assimilation, americanization, cultural differences

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identity,
growth,
assimilation

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Identity
Growth

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- growth
- less question of identity
- adaptation

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Assimilation of cultures, chutneyfication, increased questioning of identity, alienation/loneliness

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Modernization, identity, culture

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Acculturation
duality in identity
Tradition
Adaptation

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1) CHAPTER 3- Gogol leaves the protective circle created for him by Ashima. He gets used to American nicknames and lifestyles.
2) CHAPTER 4- Gogol starts squabbling with Sonali. Gogol gets rebellious and sneaks out to hang out with friends and also kisses Kim to show how eager he is to present himself in another way. Also, Gogol finds out what a loser nikolai Gogol was in life.

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identity,growth, difference in culture

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Assimilation of culture
Identity
growth

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cultural displacement

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Independence, Family, tradition and Ritual, Immigration, Identity

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Does not cope well with her new life,
For her, food is a comfort. Does not know what to do. Feels empty due to a lack of friends. She is not that happy with having to buy second hand stuff et al. for her house, but slowly begins to spend time like an american housewife. Also has to undergo the issues that come with pregnancy^2

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blending in, growth, identity

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* Modernization
* Growth

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- identity
- cultural issues
- growth

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-doesn't feel sense of individuality
- wonders what she would be if she weren't a mother or wife
- Her life takes a step back when she gets pregnant again.
- she manages American culture
- Lonely
- Towards end of chapter she comes out of her shell and becomes more confident.

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~change in identity

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Gogol starts to grow and adapt to American life with Ashima's help. Learns the uniqueness of his name but is unable to come to terms with the existence of it.

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she dosent like the new place they shifted to ("Boston")and feels homesick
She has lack of company thus feels a sense of loneliness

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Has begun with a new level of his growth in a more American culture way.

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Ashima feels lost, lacks experience.

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Good name vs pet name
American vs Indian culture

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1) Ashoke gets used to the suburban life- relative easiness to the academics too.
2) Ashoke is about to tel Gogol bout the train accident during birthday but does not as it would burden Gogol with the information.

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ashima is lost, trying to define her identity without being a mother or a wife. She tries to assimilate with the contrast between an indian household and an american one.

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ashima feels lonely and lost and tries to define herself as something other than a mother or a wife.

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daknam VS Bhalonaam

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Ashima has no company and feels extremely alone and overwhelmed with the amount of tasks she has do do on her own. Now that she has Gogol, she is a bit more happy considering she is not always on her own. She tries to keep herself busy and not think about how much she misses all her parents and relatives in India. Ashima is confused as to where she stands if not a mother/wife.

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ashima feels lonely in this foreign world and is homesick but still fulfills her duties as a mother and a wife.

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Ashima feels alone and still wishes that she was with her family back in India. After Gogol is born she spends all her time with him and is in a way not lonely anymore and the same happens with Sonia. she keeps herself busy doing all sorts of things around the house and spending time with her kids. she also uses food to connect to her culture.

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Ashima is lonely and overwhelmed by life in America. This is because she misses her homeland and now is a mother to two.
Ashima begins making friends in America and starts to lead a normal life by the end of the chapter.

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feels uncomfortable in the new place

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facing troubles with identity as she is neither a wife nor a mother,feels life has taken a step back with being pregnant again and having a different state of mind this time.

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After Gogol's birth, she steps out, explores America, starts adapting. Feels Gogol fills the void of family in life. Life takes a step back when she falls pregnant again. Later goes on to increase her friend circle, kind of fits in, when she keeps parties and stuff.

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Has a feeling of isolation
Not able to adjust in the new environment
Feels confused, lonely, sad etc.

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good name vs pet name and American culture vs Indian culture

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gogol has started to grow and blend in with the americans.

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1. pet name vs. good name ('real') name
2. differences between cultures (Indian vs. American)

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- isolation
- issues with pregnancy
- not content with the life she is living
- finds comfort in food

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-His name is an obstacle to his development.
-Struggling by normalization.
-Independent and rebellious side of Gogol is shown.

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Gets a proper name unlike Gogol, she is called a true american

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Sonali is now spending more time with Ashima compared to Gogol and has also got a decent 'dak' and 'bhalo' name which translates to 'good' and 'pet' name but then transitions to an american-style name- SONIA.

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gogol grows up and starts preferring the american lifestyles and way of living.

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Adjusts well in the new environment
Is busy with work and does not spend much type with Aashima

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- Ashima feels lonely after Gogol's birth
- She is more distressed and feels uncomfortable
- When Gogol goes to nursery, Ashima feels lonely
- She questions her identity
- Ashima's next pregnancy makes her take a step back
- She slowly becomes Americanized
- She goes to Kolkata and meets her family
- Once she comes back to America, her life is back to normal

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Conflict of good name vs pet name - “Gogol” vs “Nikhil”, Nikhil allows him to explore a more rebellious side and perform gestures of independence.

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root(Indian)culture vs American culture
Daknam(pet name)(Gogol)vs Bhalonam(good name/official name)(nikhil)

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faces problem with his name and feels like a foreigner in India

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-He adapts quickly to the American culture.
- His work occupies him.
- He gives Gogol a book for his birthday.
-Sense of acculturation highlighted in him
-He looks at the American life as a privilege.

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Likes America better than India, grows in his teenage years and faces identity issues

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Gogol grows up and adapts to the western culture.

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Ashima is pregnant again, when she comes to the realization that being a foreigner is like a life-long pregnancy, always diificult and in her case lonely, Ashima is sad and lonely now that her father passes away, in her lonely pregnancy ashima assimilates to the american culture and life for comfort watching american television and slowly becoming more american

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Ashima learns to be independent and manage herself and Gogol by herself. She's also uncomfortable with aspects of the American culture, but she soon grows to accept and adopt them.

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* Difference in culture
* good name vs pet name

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ashoke adapts well and is content with his life.

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the name gogol is dis-orienting for him. His name is an obstacle from developing where the name 'nikhil' is bringing two cultures together for Ashoke but actually it creates a division between the cultures.

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Adapts well in the american culture
Growth is visivble
A sense of independence can be seen

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Ashoke adapts fast to teh foreign land unlike Ashima
He is happy with his life and feels priviliged unlike googol and Sonia

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Naming- Gogol gets a very uncanny name whereas sonali gets a decent indian name.

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- difference in cultures
- Gogol vs his name
- daknaam vs bhalonaam

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-Dakhnaam vs Bhalonaam.
-Indian culture vs American culture.

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1. pet name v/s good name (real indian name)

2. culture difference- indian cultures and practises v/s american cultures and practises

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hahaha finally... Gogol's name?

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serves as a contrast to Gogol. As a baby, she is given only one name and is labelled the true American

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Giving names - Gogol is confused with his pet name and good name, while Sonia receives one name that performs the purpose of both. Their naming pattern has grown more American, and so they have begun drifting off the Indian cultural norms.

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dakhnaam vs bhalonaam
difference in cultures

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Is more American compared to the others in the family
has good name and a pet name unlike her brother

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His goood name nikhil vs. his nickname Gogol
Difference in cultures.

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Ashoke gets used to life in America. Starts his job as a professor and even daily habits reflect Americanisation.

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Old vs new, american vs Indian, gogol vs nikhil

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he, unlike ahima, adapts very quickly and spends more time working than with aahima and gogol

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-Gogol's name
-The train accident.

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Ashoke settles in fast, and is soon used and comfortable with his new lifestyle. He tries to explain the reason behind Gogol's name to him on his fourteenth birthday, but doesn't end up doing it after all.

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Uncomfortable
searching for her identity and is finding it tough to fit in somewhere she knows that she does not belong.

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Ashoke spends less time with Ashima and dedicates more time toward work. he adapts quickly to their new environment and does not mind the change. he desperately tries to connect with his son and understand him and almost reveals why the name Gogol came about but did not.

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Cultural difference
Gogol vs Nikhil

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Ashoke adapts to America quickly and easily as he remains occupied with work.

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- contrast to Gogol's personality
- acts more like an american compared to the rest of her family

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she dosent have a pet name (daknam)the parent haven taken a chance like they did with gogol and represents the difference between two generations./

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Sonia aka Sonali has a "normal name", unlike Gogol. Gets more of Ashima's attention, makes the family a whole. She is called a true American after her ceremony.

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Gogol becomes mature as the years pass by, this is shown by his decision to change his name.

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- Hates his name more than ever.
- For him his name acts as an obstacle to his development.
- We can see his rebellious side.
- Lonely
- faces duality and indetity crisis.

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Ashima is moving backwards because of the move to Boston as it has distrsssing and drastic

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Gogol's identity and his choice cultures

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Conflict between name and culture

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Has settled and adapted to America and gets comfortable more quickly than Ashima. Reminding his family ( gogol) that this is a privilege

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sonia has a proper dakhnaam and bhalonaam unlike gogol and is a proper american

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-Feels isolated.
-Feels comfort in food.
-Slowly accepts and adapts to the american culture.

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Gogol hates his name as in his view it is an obstacle towards him leading a normal life. He enters his teens and now we can see his rebellious side.

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Difference in culture, traditions
Dakhnaam ( pet name ) vs bhalonaam ( good name )

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- adapts well
- growth in his personality is seen
- faces identity issues during his teens

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Gogol is much more comfortable in America than in India. On one hand, he has a rebellious streak, but on the other, he's also shy and insecure because of his name. As the chapters progress, his identity crisis grows.