SUMMARY

CHAPTER TWO.

When a baby is born, there are some things that parents should get ready. For example, their names.

In American culture, babies names are given by their parents. They are in charge to find the name before o after the baby is born. In contrast, in Bengali culture great-grandparents are the ones that  give names to the babies. It does not have to be at the moment that they born, it could wait up to the baby reach certain age. Bengali have two names, one is a Good name and the other is called Pet name. A Good name is used in any public place, but a Pet name can just be used by their family. It is like a way to call them with love.

 In chapter two, we read that Ashoke and Ashima could not name their baby because they were waiting for Ashima's grandmother letter from India, which was supposse to arrive soon, but it did not. The problem was that they needed to have the name to leave the the hospital and to type it on the birth certificate. So, there is when Ashoke named his son Gogol, honoring the author of the book that he was reading on the train, when he had an accident. That book saved his life, and that was the reason why he chose that name for his son.

 In my culture, (Spanish) is almost the same process, parents are in charge to find the name for the new baby, but they ask for help to other members of their family, such as grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. In addition, parents could name their child after another family member, to honor them, because that person means a lot in their lives. Based in mi life, my mother chose my name honoring one of her cousins. She named me "Evelyn" which means life.