... 'home' reflects on their identity in the novel, 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. Lahiri conveys this theme through her effective use of the characterisation of all of the characters, Ashima, Ashoke, and then the children Gogol and Sonia ... with ground lamb.' The word 'concedes' implies she has given into this lifestyle and has begun to accept such ways, possibly against her will. This influence of the American world in thei...

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... to several social issues such as unemployment and the growth of large communities of foreign peoples. With Theodore Roosevelt's regulation of the trusts in the beginning of the 20-century, American society seemed quite settled down for a while, but the government's power over the industrial economy was still limited that the progressivism of country was impossible. Starting of World War I in ... 1914 under Wilson's presidency even deepened the economy of American society, so as unemployment became an issue for the society, the nativism began to rise, and Congress started to restrict eno...

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