CHAPTER SEVEN SUMMARY

In chapter seven, of the Namesake, Ashima was feeling alone at home because Ashoke, Gogol and Sonia were not there. A lot of things passed over her mind because it was not was she expected. She tried to get involved in other activities, so she was hired in the library. It was her first job since he came from Calcutta. One day she received a phone call from Ashoke, he told her that he was in the hospital because he had a stomach ache. However, she thought that it was not much important, after some days she was worried because she had haven't received any call from him. For this reason she decided to call to the hospital that she assumed he could be, and unfortunately a young doctor told her that his husband had expired. For an instance, Ashima couldn't believe that; she informed to her children about this terrible situation, and Gogol was in charge to go to Cleveland to identify his father's body and to put in other all his belongs. Ashima, Gogol an Sonia were in a period of vegetarian diet for 10 days, and they finally ate the 11th a good meal with fish, meat potatoes and vegetables. Gogol remembered his father and he started to discover how wonderful and valuable he was.



READER RESPONSE CHAPTER 7

According to the Chapter Two, it shows how Gogol feels about his father's death. It hit him very hard. This particular thing reminds me how I felt when my father died. My family was conformed by 4 as the Ganguli family: my mother, mi father, my brother and I, but he left this place to go somewhere else. It was very painful to see my father in a coffin, and I wished that on any moment he would wake up, but it never happened. I thank God everyday because I had a wonderful father that left on my a good behavior and enough strength to face any obstacle in the life.

CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY

In chapter 6 of The Namesake, Gogol graduated from the University of Columbia in Ohio.He lived in an apartment that his father was paying. Moreover, he had some friends that invited him to a party. At the party he met a girl called Maxine, who later became his girlfriend. In this chapter, Gogol also met Maxine's parents, and he felt comfortable with them; for many occasions, he compared his parents with the Ratliff, and he wished to have a family like them.  He kept his relationship hidden from his parents for a time, but one day his mother, Ashima asked him to go home because they had to travel to Ohio, and it was there when he answered that he couldn't because he had already planned to take vacations with his girlfriend. It was a surprise for his parents but they wanted to know Maxine any way. The gathered at Ganguli's home, and Ashima prepared a dinner for them. On that day, Maxine heard the other name of Nikil which was Gogol. She didn't know anything about it, but she never asked more than Gogol explained to her. The last part of the chapter is when Gogol celebrated his 27th birthday. It was a party where he didn't know the people that were around him, but he enjoyed that day.

READER RESPONSE CHAPTER 6

In chapter 6 of The Namesake, the author describes how the dinner that the Gangulis prepare for Maxine makes Gogol feel nervous. It reminds me that sometimes our parents tell too much to people who visit our homes. It is kind of embarrassing when they talk about you with other people, and we feel nervous because we probably do not want that they say something that for us is very private or confidential.

READER RESPONSE CHAPTER 5

According to the Chapter five, it shows how Gogol faced the true about his name when his father finally decided to do it. The author tried to describe what can happen if a person try to hide something for a long time. In this case Ashoke suffered the reject of his son, because he didn't like his name, he didn't know the meaning, he thought a lot of wrong things because his father never tell him what really had happened. That part of the chapter reminds me to a case in my family when my grant grandmother hide to one of her sons that he was adopted. He was not really his son but he was her nephew. Her sister gave her that child because she was too young, and she didn't wan to raise that little boy by herself. My gran grandmother was already married, and it was no problem for her to raise that child. The years passed over, and when that child realized about the true, he wanted to die, just because her aunt was her mother and her mother was her aunt. That is an example of how the life can change when the people hide things that later will affect somebody else.

SUMMARY CHAPTER 5

In the chapter five, of The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, tells that Gogol left home and went to the Court in Boston to change his name to Nikhil. As he turned 21, he went to a club to drink something an to pass a good night with a girl. At that time (1986), Gogol was passionate for his drawing class. He love the architecture because beside of his passion it reminded his visit to Taj Mahal. He had a conversation with their parents and explained to them his reason for which he didn't like his name: that name was not even a Bengali name, and Nicolae Gogol just meant sorrow and a miserable life for him. In this chapter he met a girl called Ruth and he saw on her the diversity of the cultures, he differentiated his world with her world. Seemed that he fall in love with that girl but after a time they broke up. One day Gogol assist to a panel discussion with his cousin about ABCD's, but Gogol was no familiarized with that discussion because he didn't know the real meaning of where he came from. At the end of the chapter, Gogol and his father had a very important conversation. Ashoke, finally told Gogol the true about his name, why he chose that name, and everithing. So, the reaction of Gogol was like guilty. For an instance , Gogol couldn't forgive himself for everything he did to their parents, but he understood and knew the origin of his name.