The Namesake(246- 291)

Summary
It is the first month of their anniversary and her parents called them to wish them their happy anniversary. For some reason she has been ignoring Gogol for the past last months. She would rather do other things then be with him. They go out to dinner and she is just un happy with the whole evening. Gogol tries to ask her whats wrong and she just won't talk to him. She was at her university and she found a resume of a guy she used to have a crush on named Dimitri she knew him from high school. She ends up writing down his number, but she doesn't know what to do though. She is still unhappy with Gogol but she doesn't want to hurt his feelings. Later on she started to see Dimitri two days out of the week. Gogol has no idea about anything because when she comes home it is just normal they eat, talk, and watch t.v together. One Sunday morning he wakes up and Moushumi isn't in the bed she is up packing and he is asking her where she is going. She claims that she told him that she has business in Palm Beach and she won't be to long and he doesn't remember her telling him. Then when he sees her bathing suit on top of her clothes he has this funny feeling that she is lying to him, but he doesn't want to think that. Later on he finds out that she was unfaithful. Sonia is soon to get married and Ashima sees how much happiness he brings to her, and she is starting to feel guilty about telling him to talk to her she should have known that Moushumi wasn't good for him. Ashima decides to spend six months in India and six months in Boston. Later on Gogol starts to get into the book that his father gave him. Soon to know why his father gave him that name and what happened to his father along time ago before he was born.

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A quote I decided to pick is "But for now his mother is distracted, laughing at a story a friend is telling her, unaware of her son's absence. For now, he starts to read(Lahiri 291)". I chose this quote because it shows that now Gogol appreciates what his father did for him and how is was as a person. He starts to read into what his father gave him as a present when he was a teenager. At first he was to young to understand why his father gave him that, and now he knows.


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Overall this was a good book. It showed it ups and downs on what the family was going through. Many things was successful and other things was failure, but at the end they all celebrated Christmas together and having Ashoke in their hearts and prayers. Wishing that he can be here a little bit longer. What I have learned is the different culture that happens in India and how you have to get used to new places and make mistakes on your own and learn from them. Another thing is always put your family first because anyhting can happened and you might regret it if you don't stay in contact with them.