In The Namesake, Ashima and Ashoke from Calcutta got married and moved to America. They had a son named Gogol and as the novel goes on, it gives us th...

In the TED-Talk “Why a ‘Good Immigrant’ is a Bad Narrative” by Maeve Higgins, she tells us about her personal experience as an immigrant. I liked the...

We have the same book so I definitely see where you got this from. Do you feel like Gogol he still appreciates his heritage even though he now lives i...

One quote that talks about reconnection is “He will watch his mother do what his father used to do toward the end of every party.” (Lahiri, 290).

The Namesake is a Novel that tells the story of Ashima and Ashoke who’s from Calcutta. They got married and moved to America and had a son named Gogol...

Why do you think Ishmael struggles to fit in in America?

Why do you think Jende feels obligated to send money to his family?

The Namesake is a Novel that talks about a girl named Ashima Ganguli who’s from Calcutta and she's married to Ashoke and moved to America. She gives b...

My response relates to yours because I also think Atticus is the most impacted one because of the fact that he is defending a black person.

I think Atticus was really impacted by the trial because he was defending Tom Robinsson while a lot of people were against both and his family. A mo...

Ours relate because we used the same quote to prove our point.

This helped me understand that people didn’t care about barely anything else then the color of the person. When Milam said, “‘Chicago boy,’ I said, ‘I...

My response relates to yours because we used the same quote. We also both talked about how it impacted Scout and Jem.

In my opinion one of the biggest impactful moments speaking about racism, in To Kill A Mockingbird, is when Atticus is defending Tom Robinson. I feel ...

This response relates to mine because we both wrote about the expectations that women had during this time period and that they had lower education.