https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya Made with wonder en-us 2022-04-20 14:57:38 UTC 2022-05-18 14:24:18 UTC hello@padlet.com kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150526240 (Noun) a sheet of light paper folded and sealed to form a letter for sending by airmail.

]]> 2022-04-20 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150526240 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150532679 Ashoke's train crash is one of the more important parts of his life, in the flashback he intricately details the moments before and the life he has to live after the crash.]]> 2022-04-20 15:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150532679 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150533255 (Adjective) diligent and hard-working.]]> 2022-04-20 15:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150533255 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150538667 (Noun) the tendency to attract attention because of one's exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.]]> 2022-04-20 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150538667 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150538824 Ashima is completely shocked by his death, unable to even form sentences. She stands for what seems like an eternity after the news reaches her.]]> 2022-04-20 15:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150538824 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150540539 On page 14, Ashoke's mother was always convinced that her eldest son would be hit by a bus or a tram, years later he almost died in a train crash. ]]> 2022-04-20 15:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150540539 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150543394 (Noun) treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.]]> 2022-04-20 15:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150543394 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150544634 Gogol has no clue how to react to the death of his father. His visit to his apartment after landing is confused and he has no idea how to react to anything. Maxine tells him to leave and not stay there for the night but he can't. He can't do anything. He has to throw his fathers things away as its tradition but he can't bring himself to it.]]> 2022-04-20 15:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150544634 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150545254 Gogol describes the architecture of his dorm and gets into depth on why he likes his dorm better than his own home.]]> 2022-04-20 15:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150545254 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150549184 (Noun) a square or rectangular space or courtyard enclosed by buildings.]]> 2022-04-20 15:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2150549184 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153705021 (Verb) smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony.]]> 2022-04-22 14:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153705021 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153708545 "he saw the cold, unfriendly blue of earliest morning." The author uses "unfriendly" to describe how the sky looked at the time of the accident. ]]> 2022-04-22 14:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153708545 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153712653 "The three of them sit still as stones." The writer compares Ashima, Ashoke and Gogol as stones as they sit still in the hospital room. ]]> 2022-04-22 14:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153712653 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153719158 When Ashoke names Gogol, the narrator describes his memory of the train accident that almost killed him. That moment resonates throughout the novel, and Lahiri’s narrator makes plain that the painful memory is present to him in the precise moment of naming his son. But the memory in this moment changes. It is still powerful, almost overwhelming. But it is a memory that becomes infused with his parental love for the young Gogol. Gogol becomes a link not only to the past, but to the Gangulis’ new life in America, in Cambridge, where they are making a home together. ]]> 2022-04-22 14:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153719158 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722020 (Adjective) large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.]]> 2022-04-22 15:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722020 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722091 Ashoke says "He thank's Gogol, the Russian writer" after questioning his religious beliefs and during his recovery from the train crash, Fast forward still struggling with his trauma, his son is born and names his son after the Russian writer "Gogol" after his book saved his life on the train accident. ]]> 2022-04-22 15:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722091 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722575 Ashoke is the reason that Ashima has come to the United States in the first place, for she followed her husband out of a sense of a wife’s duty, even though she was terrified of leaving Calcutta. The notion that Ashoke could be simply “gone” is too terrible to contemplate.]]> 2022-04-22 15:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153722575 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153726750 "Though there are only inches between them his father is a stranger, a man who has kept a secret from him...." The metaphor shows Gogol's shock upon learning of the accident. ]]> 2022-04-22 15:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153726750 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153728570 Using repetition to further emphasis his hatred of his own name ]]> 2022-04-22 15:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153728570 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153731811 After Gogol's wedding ceremony he thinks about his wedding proposal and how it went, his feelings of joy and how Moushimi reacted. ]]> 2022-04-22 15:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153731811 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153734079 (Noun) a widely cultivated ornamental Eurasian shrub whose bright yellow flowers appear in early spring before the leaves.

]]> 2022-04-22 15:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153734079 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153741158 (Adjective) having or showing no skill; clumsy.

]]> 2022-04-22 15:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153741158 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153750898 (Verb) admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it.]]> 2022-04-22 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2153750898 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2158677925 Lahiri really captured the description on the wedding day, describing the whole event really putting an image in your head and making you feel like you were there. ]]> 2022-04-26 14:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2158677925 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166879603 Gogol remembers his father and a short moment he had with him on a beach, and how he will never forget that moment.]]> 2022-05-02 14:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166879603 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166915563 Trains appear again and again throughout this novel. The reoccurring presence if trains in the novel seems to be a reminder of the constant and unexpected forward motion of life. ]]> 2022-05-02 15:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166915563 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166923872 "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." The writer compares Ashoke's death to a item that has an expiration date. ]]> 2022-05-02 15:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2166923872 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177734286 He is beginning to realize that his name is his name and no matter what he does he will never be able to satisfy himself and his families wants about his name.]]> 2022-05-10 14:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177734286 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177742048 While talking on the train with Moushimi, Gogol learns of the affair she has been taking part in. His suspicions have been confirmed and the marriage falls apart]]> 2022-05-10 14:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177742048 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177742269 The Characterization of Ashima is she is the one that feels and is the most emotional of the main characters. The main conflict on chapter 7 is that she is dealing with her husband's death and is very depressed unable to get out of her room and not refuse to eat. There is no resolution in this chapter, Ashima is upset for several chapters. The theme I would give for this chapter is "Those we love never trulyleave us. There are things that death cannot touch."]]> 2022-05-10 14:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177742269 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177783499 This shows that Gogol is finally understanding who he is by reading the book that he was named after.]]> 2022-05-10 15:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177783499 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177789217 This is after Gogol's wife tells her friends that he changed his name from Gogol. He is not very happy with her doing it though because she did not ask him for permission first before she said anything.]]> 2022-05-10 15:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177789217 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177803998 After years of hating his name he finally decides to change it, he goes to the courthouse and in a surprisingly unceremonious ritual he legally becomes Nikhil.]]> 2022-05-10 15:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177803998 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177818130 After Ashokes death maxine and gogol become distant and struggle in the relationship, eventually ending it with Maxine's admission]]> 2022-05-10 15:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2177818130 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181333849 It shows their unspoken bond and the love they show without explicitly stating it]]> 2022-05-12 14:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181333849 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181341728 This is when Ashima is begging Ashoke to bring them home because she is feeling very very homesick. She is not adapting to life well in their new country.]]> 2022-05-12 14:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181341728 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181344469 In this quote they are stating that they learned about naming their kids after Gogol. They do this once Sonia was born.]]> 2022-05-12 14:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181344469 jl189245 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181344560 Throughout the book Gogol is continually reminded of his name and what it means to him.]]> 2022-05-12 14:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181344560 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181353069 This is Sonia's first experience with the country that her parents were born in. She is so used to the country that she was born and raised so the difference in culture and people is scary for the young child.]]> 2022-05-12 14:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181353069 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181377148 Gogol learns in one of his classes that names are up for change and that many people in history have changed there names.]]> 2022-05-12 14:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181377148 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181386896 The main internal conflict for most of the book is Gogols displeasure with his name. This quote just proves it in full clarity.]]> 2022-05-12 14:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181386896 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181464461 The characterization of Moushumi is that she isn't happy in her relationship with Gogol and is overwhelmed and stressed by the relationship she is in with Gogol. She begins meeting with an "old friend" which she has had past intimacy with. She begins to have that affair with Dimitri and she was surprisingly calmed by it and felt no remorse.]]> 2022-05-12 15:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181464461 ps189277 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181678723 After the death of Gogol's father, he is beginning to realize that he needs to appreciate his culture a lot more. This is a continued theme throughout the book as all of the characters struggle with finding themselves in this new culture that they are introduced to. ]]> 2022-05-12 17:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181678723 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181686314 The characterization of Gogol(Nikhil) is his emotions and how he feels post-marriage after he finds out about the affair Moushumi had on him. He is emotional but is forced to hold it in until after Christmas time because of a family event. He learns to get over it relatively quick it seems.]]> 2022-05-12 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181686314 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181798377 Ashima is in pain and is in labor. She is unable to walk and is in so much pain. After giving birth she goes back to her old ways and can walk and be pain free.]]> 2022-05-12 18:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181798377 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181803443 Ashoke is in the waiting room waiting for Ashima to give birth since he can't be in the room with her, as he waits he thinks about his past and remembers the train incident, he gets anxious for the days he has been waiting for Ashima to give birth but once she does he gets to hold his son Gogol and all the anxiety went away once holding him on his arms.]]> 2022-05-12 19:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181803443 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181810109 Gogol is very intelligent but tends to complain about his name a lot. In chapter 5 Gogol talks about how multiple people has changed their names in the past and gives examples. He later on tells his parents how he hates his name and comes up with a lie so they would not judge him for his opinion. Later on in the chapter he changes his name to Nikhil. ]]> 2022-05-12 19:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181810109 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181815985 Ashoke is a very brave guy who is not willing to back down. The conflict in this chapter is he gets in a very bad train accident, almost costing him his life. he was laying on the trains broken parts and had a lot of debris all over him. He hears people looking for the injured victims and Ashoke is too weak to yell out but he then remembers he still has the book he was reading before the accident and uses it as a signal for the people to find him.]]> 2022-05-12 19:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181815985 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181829882 Gogol is very depressed over his father's death and pays no attention to his life. Later on in the chapter Maxine and Gogol breakup because she wasn't getting his attention and Gogol thought it was a good idea to end things. 
The theme I would give this is "Acknowledgment is always important"]]> 2022-05-12 19:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2181829882 kt212881 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2182245983 2022-05-13 02:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2182245983 am181466 https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2184762852 Moushumi has told Gogol that she is away at a conference in Palm Beach, but really she is vacationing there with Dmitri. On the day she is scheduled to return, Gogol remembers feeling strangely panicky when he saw her packing her bathing suit for the trip even though he still doesn’t suspect her of infidelity. On the trip she sleeps with Dmitri and has lost Gogol's trust. A theme I would give this chapter is "It takes immense courage to put your trust in others, knowing they might fail you."]]> 2022-05-15 20:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/am181466/vw3qtugumk229tya/wish/2184762852