Summary Chapter 4

In chapter fourth of The Namesake, Gogol celebrated his fourteenth birthday with a party, and he had nearly forty guests. In the night, his father gave him a present, which was a book written by Nikolai Gogol, but Gogol didn’t have interest in that book because he preferred another kind of lecture; also, he was pensioned for the Beatle’s music. The next year, the Ganguli family traveled to Calcutta and expended eight months there where they visited the Taj  Mahal, and Gogol was impressed with the architecture of this Temple.  When they was returning to Calcutta in the train one of the passenger was stabbed and robbed, and Sonia has an allergic reaction. In that moment, Ashoke remembered his accident that happened many years ago. The Ganduli family came back to Massachusetts, and Gogol began high school, where his English teacher gave as homework to read the book “The Overcoat”; however, Gogol was not happy with this homework. One weekend, Gogol’s staid alone at home, and he was invited a party in a dorm at the university. In the party, Gogol met a girl, who is named Kim, and he introduced as Nikhil. It was the first time that Gogol used that name, which made him felt more courageous, and he kiss Kim. It is his first kiss.