SUMMARY CHAPTER THREE

In chapter three of the novel "The Namesake", the Gangulis moved to a city outside Boston. Ashoke got a new job, he was a professor of electrical engineering at the university. Ashima was not happy because everything was so far from home, so she felt a dramatic change in her life compare to her life in Cambridge and Calcutta. Most of that, she didn't want to raise Gogol over there, she wished to go back to her country.

However, Ashoke were in his best moment and  prepared to buy a new house to his family. Gogol was growing up so fast, and when he was 5 years old Ashima got pregnant again. They were prepared with the name for the new girl and they named her Sonali. This chapter also tells that Gogol was registered for the school but he didn't want to go because at the school they will call him by his good name (Nikhil) to follow their Bengali tradition. One of the Gogol's professors realized that he had two names and to make him feel better, she decided to continue call him Gogol. The Gangulis tried to adopt some American customs due that they had two children that were born in America, they also celebrated Sonali's rice and on the ceremony she looked like she would be a true American because she took a bill. In addition, Gogol faced some situations with his name because he wanted to know what it really meant.