1. Themes of Alienation in The Namesake
This bildungsroman novel, set in both India and America and which follows a Bengali family's attempts at assimilating within American culture, portrays this theme throughout. ... The experience of the Ganguli's attempts at assimilating into American culture is portrayed within Ashima's difficulty at understanding the customs around her as she clings to her correspondence with her family in India and tries to maintain the Bengali traditions she grew up with. ... It is this changing of homes from Calcutta in India to Massachusetts in America that reflects on Ashoke's identit...
- Word Count: 1254
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: Graduate