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The Namesake Essay

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    The Namesake
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  • Ashima feels strange in an American hospital.
    True
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  • While Ashoke waits for the baby to be born he remembers his almost fatal train accident
    True
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  • Ashima & AShoke do not name their baby because grandmother is ill
    True
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  • ... is very sad her grandmother is ill and the baby will not be named for awhile.
    Ashima
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  • The baby is named … so Ashima & Ashoke can take the baby home.
    Gogol
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  • Gogol starts school, his parents give him the formal name of ...
    Nikhil
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  • gogol’s 11th grade English teacher assigns “...” written by Nikolai Gogol.Gogol knows this is his father’s favorite book and how he was named.
    The Overcoat
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  • Gogol ... to read the nove, the Overcoat in 11th grade.
    refuses
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  • The 11th grade assignment makes Gogol ... his name even more.
    dislike
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  • After years of hating his name Gogol finally changes his name to ...
    Nikhil
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  • Gogol likes the ... life that Maxine and her family have
    American
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  • Gogol tries to forget his ... life and takes on the American lifestyle with MAxine.
    Bengali
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  • Sadly, ... passes suddenly
    Ashoke
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  • Gogol is feeling bad about trying to ... his Bengali culture.
    forget
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  • Gogol & moushumi discuss how they both tried to ... be American .Bengali.
    not
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  • Gogol is surprised to fall in ... with a Bengali American.
    love
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