Chapter 6 and personal response

In the chapter 6 from the novel” The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri the author argues that Gogol was graduated from architecture program as Columbia, and he started to work  in New York. One day, one of his coworkers invited him to a party where He met Maxine; then, the next morning Maxine invited him for dinner in her glamorous house where she lives with her parents. Gogol has a nice time with her parents, Gerald and Lydia Ratliff. Consequently, Gogol began date Maxine, expended all his time with her and got all customs from Maxine. Gogol didn’t say anything about his relationship with Maxine to his parents and always has an excuse when asked why he didn’t come home. However, in summer his parents should travel to Ohio for a research, so his mother asked him to come home to great his father before he stated his trip. In that moment, Gogol told to his mother that he didn’t come home because he took a vacation with his girlfriend.  When they are traveling to New Hampshire, they stopped off in his home for lunch, but he told Maxine that they wouldn’t to touch or kiss in from his family. In New Hampshire Gogol celebrated his 27^th birthday with Maxine family and friends, but he didn’t know anyone in his party.

 

 

Personal Response

In chapter 6 from "The Namesake" Gogol doesn’t want to come to Massachusetts, so he chooses study architecture at Columbia because he wants to live in a place that his parents don’t know and has new experiences away from his parents. He doesn’t like to come home or assists at Bengali parties; he prefers New York along and independent. I think that Nikhil has the necessity to live away from his parents because he doesn’t feel controlled for them, so he wants to live with freedom. I lived the same experience that Nikhil when I was 23 years old. I decided to live away from my family and lived my own experiences although my family was open mind very different to Nikhil family I did that. The first year was amazing experience because I lived in a new country, I live alone and did everything that I wanted without ask for permission anyone; however, that experience helped me to change my character and personality and appreciated more my family specially when I had problems and I didn’t have anyone near to me .