EVELYN SANTANA
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SUMMARY CHAPTER TWO.

 Chapter two from the novel "The Namesake", by Jumpa Lahiri tells us that Ashoke And Ashima had a baby boy. Everything was going as usually goes when a baby is born. Ashoke and Ashima had to leave the hospital, but it was a little complicated to them because they needed to have a name for the baby to place it on the birth certificate; and as we read in chapter one they were waiting for Ashima's grandmother letter which was suppose to contains the name of the baby. They didn't have more time to wait until that letter arrives, so Ashoke decided to name his son Gogol in honor to the author of the book that saved his life in that fatal accident.

READER RESPONSE.

According to the Chapter Two, the author describes the situation that Ashima faced with her son. The American tradition is very different compared to Bengali culture. For a moment, she couldn't manage the situation in the hospital, and I think it was very frustrated for her because she probably felt that she failed to her religion and to her family. I can compare this situation with a certain moment of my life that could be not the same but the way that I felt was similar. It was when I just came to this country. I wanted to go to College as soon as possible, I had finished my high school back in Ecuador and  I was ready to continue my studies. Unfortunately, I didn't have a support from my family, and I had to start to work putting away my dreams; however, I overcame those obstacles and now I feel that I progressing in this country. In other words it is difficult at the beginning  when you do not know anything about the country but later you realized that everything is possible if you put a lot of effort.