Expressing agreement or disagreement

Nikhil and Moushumi were invited to a dinner party in Astrid and Donald’s house because Moushumi’s friends wanted to integrate Gogol into their plans. The conversation was focuses in baby’s names because Astrid was pregnant. In that moment, MoshumI told to everyone that Gogol changed his name, and Gogol felt betrayed because this was his secret and he didn’t want to share this secret with people who didn’t like him. Also; Nikhil gave his opinion about baby names, and he said that people should choose their name when they turn eighteen. I agree with Gogol because our name is for all our life, and what happen if it doesn’t like, we should live sad because our name is not good for us i.

 I think that people must choose the name that they like because our name is the thing which makes people different from others, and we need feel happy with it.  When I was born my mother wanted named Guadalupe as Guadalupe virgin because I born in the same day that she, and my mother was devote. Fortunately, my father chose my actual name if I was named Guadalupe, I would change it because I didn’t like that name. I like my name because it combines with my family name and its pronunciation is easy. However, many people don’t have the same luck than me, and they are named with fun names or difficult to pronounce. For them Gogol’s idea is very practical because they can choose their names for one that they like

I think that he chooses Gogol because now he knows why his father named him with that name, and how that name saves his father's life. Also; when he knew all true about his name he felt ashamed for the change that he did. Now, Gogol is more united to his family and gives more importance to his family traditions.

Chapter 9 summary and personal response

In the chapter 9 of the novel “The Nameske” by Jumpha Lijary , Gogol asked Moushumi to marry him on her birthday and gave her the hat that he bought for her in their second date into the hat was the ring.  They were married in Bengali ceremony and received as wedding gift the amount of $7035 form their families and friends. Moushumi decided to hold her maiden name although that Gogol hoped that she changed it. In March, Gogol accompanies Moushumi to a conference in Paris while she prepared the paper for her conference was sightseeing. They started to spend time with Astri and Donald, who are Mushumi’s friend, but Gogol didn’t feel happy in that time because he always was silent. In one occasion, they was discussing about babies name because Astrid was pregnant, and she was looking for a beautiful name for her baby.  Mushumi told everyone how Gogol had changed his name. Consequently, Gogol was irritated because he didn’t want that people know about that.

 

Personal Response

The novel “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri, Moshume and Gogol married in Bengali traditional ceremony as their parents.  I think that their previous relationships teaching them that it is difficult to change of costumes. Although they don’t born in Calcutta, they have a strong connection with this culture because they grew up in.