In class: review of chapter 9
In class writing reflection on chapter 9. You may use your text and most assuredly will need to have read from page 239 (last night's reading to the end of the chapter) in order to successfully complete the writing assignment. (copy below; class handout)
Getting ahead: tomorrow we are listening to chapter 10. If you are absent over the next two days, make sure to finish the book by Monday, February 27. There will be a short, multiple choice assessment on chapters 10-12.
Summary of chapter 9:
- 1. Within a year, Gogol and Moushumi are married in a Hindu ceremony in New Jersey. The wedding is organized by their respective families, and the couple themselves have very little input.
- 2. For the reception, Gogol changes into a suit, and Moushumi into a red Banarasi gown. In the midst of the festivities, the thought occurs to Gogol that two years ago, he might have been watching Moushumi get married to Graham. The dress she is wearing, and many of the preparations, were for her wedding to Graham. Honestly, it's a little awkward.
- 3. Gogol and Moushumi head off to the honeymoon suite, where Gogol remembers how he asked her to marry him in the spring, on her birthday. He had given her a gift of the hat he bought months before, and included in the box a smaller box with an engagement ring.
- 4. In the suite, they make love, and afterwards, they count up the cash gifts they received at their wedding, a whopping $7,035. That's a lot of dough.
- 5. Moushumi decides to hold on to her maiden name, and they move to an apartment together and settle into a routine. Wedded bliss?
- 6. Not so much. Gogol finds all sorts of reminders of Moushumi's life with Graham. He even spots the wedding dress she was planning to wear at a second ceremony at Graham's father's house.
- 7. In March, Gogol accompanies Moushumi to a conference in Paris. While Moushumi prepares a paper for her conference, Gogol goes sightseeing. Then, after she gives her paper, they meet up at a café in the Latin Quarter.
- 8. Gogol wants to take Moushumi's picture, but she refuses; she doesn't want to look like a tourist.
- 9. Fast forward to a Saturday evening in May. They are at a party thrown by Moushumi's friends, Astrid and Donald. Gogol isn't having fun because it turns out Moushumi had met Graham through Astrid and Donald. There are some seriously bad vibes at this party.
- 10. Astrid is pregnant, and the guests discuss baby names. But Gogol has issues with the whole name thing, so he wanders around their place instead of chiming in the conversation.
- 11.Then Gogol helps Donald cook, and Donald makes a comment about Moushumi and Graham that makes Gogol uneasy.
- 12. Done playing sous-chef, Gogol returns to the other guests, who are still debating baby names. Moushumi tells everyone how Gogol changed his name, and Gogol is ticked off that she shared his secret.
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Name
________________________________ The Namesake by Jumpa Lahiri Chapter 9 response
At a gathering at Donald and
Astrid´s house, Nikhil says partially in jest: "There´s no such thing as a
perfect name. I think that human beings should be allowed to name themselves
when they turn eighteen. Until then, pronouns." (240)
Write a thorough response to Nikhil´s statement. Do you agree or disagree with him? Discuss why his idea is practical or not. Talk about the name that you would have given yourself if you had waited until age eighteen. Remember that Nikhil is already thirty when he makes this statement. What name do you think he would have given himself if he had known at age eighteen what he knows now? Gogol? Nikhil? Other? Explain. (minimum 150 words)
Write a thorough response to Nikhil´s statement. Do you agree or disagree with him? Discuss why his idea is practical or not. Talk about the name that you would have given yourself if you had waited until age eighteen. Remember that Nikhil is already thirty when he makes this statement. What name do you think he would have given himself if he had known at age eighteen what he knows now? Gogol? Nikhil? Other? Explain. (minimum 150 words)
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