the namesake movie essay

The film, The Namesake, directed by Mira Nair, suggests that everyone has a cultural identity, whether they ignore or embrace it. Gogol Ganguli initially wants to abandon his family’s traditions and adopt American customs since he was born in America. Soon he learns that his name has a very emotional meaning to his father. Because of his new knowledge of the significance of his name, he begins to enter a transformation where he accepts and loves his culture. Throughout the film, Gogol has an internal

establish a new life. The Namesake is a heartwarming family movie that accurately portrays the difficulties that some of these immigrants face when beginning their lives in their new homeland and trying to assimilate themselves into the foreign culture. The themes of family, cultural diversity, and identity crisis were displayed prominently throughout the film. Director Mira Nair has personally gone through the same situation, which made her the perfect director for this movie. Nair came to the United

2013 Professor Lyn Megow English 100.02 Compare and Contrast of the Namesake In The Namesake based on the book and movie by Jhumpa Lahiri, there are several events and scenes that are interpreted differently throughout the film and book. The book is based on Gogol Ganguli, the son of immigrant parents Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli who struggles with his double identity and rebellion towards his family. The movie is quite different with its focus on the parents and their relationship more

Culture is not just about race, family background, and inheritance. It is bigger than that. Characters and actor’s choice are significant to present this. Characters used in the book and movie relates. When I was reading the book, I had an idea of how Ashima, Gogol, Ashoke looks. Most of those ideas were true. I thought Gogol would be better looking and darker shade skin. Ashima is exactly what I thought she would look like. Ashoke is shown as this perfect husband, dad a provider. A lot of Gogol’s

Being born in America and coming from immigrant parents is very challenging as you adjust to two cultures and learn how to fit in. The Namesake tells the story of an Indian couple to come to America and start their own family and continues as their children grow. The Namesake was published on 2003 and the film was released on 2006. The Namesake written by Jhumpa Lahiri and the film efficiently depict the theme of assimilation of cultures. As Gogol prefers to be with his girlfriend, shows public affection

The Namesake The Namesake, a winner of the Pulitzer prize, is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri published in the year 2003. In the year 2007, The Namesake became a significant motion picture. The novel and film, both convey the theme of culture clash between American and Indian tradition. As the story transitions, the theme is exhibit by the struggles the Ganguli family went through in America such as Gogol’s name, influence Indian traditions into the Gangulis lives of the children, and the failures in the

The Namesake was published in September 2003 by Jumpa Lahiri and the movie was released in March 9, 2007, directed by Mira Nair. The story includes the portrayal of being raised in two different cultures, search of identity, and difficulty between family. Through the novel Gogol is in the situation of building his character within two cultures. In the story he is raised to follow his mother and father’s culture and also brought upon into the American culture. The theme of identity begins in chapter

life style and educational opportunities for their family, are some of the facts that immigrates are looking for in America. All these privileges are not enough for them to forget their background. The reading Two Kinds by Amy Tan, and the movie The Namesake by Dir. Mira Nair, show two different stories about how the new family in America struggle with the parent’s culture and what American culture is. Immigrants, such as me, have to face many life changes when arriving for first time to America

takes to figure out their own identity. The Namesake shows a beautiful journey from both his mother and Gogol’s perspective. It shows a women who was taken out of a country she loved and a country she only knew, then demonstrated the journey of her son, a first generation Indian American and his struggle finding his own identity.  When being a part of a first generation immigrant there comes many identity struggles throughout their lives. Using The Namesake, is a perfect example of the struggle some

In the films, Even in the Rain by Icíar Bollaín, The Namesake by Mira Nair, and The Great Escape by John Sturges, I will be discussing chapters: One “Looking at Movies”, Two “Principles of Film Form”, and Four “Elements of Narrative”. These three directors employ the techniques of narrative and film form to create movies about morality, identity, and freedom. In chapter one: “Looking at Movies” of Looking at Movies, Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan discuss the effects of expectation on film. “Even