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12 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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From Ghosh - travel/expatriation To Ashoke |
"... pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can." |
See the world |
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From Ashima - longing for home To Ashoke |
"I'm saying I don't want to raise Gogol alone in this country... I want to go back." |
Raising Gogol in the US |
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Of Gogol - destiny |
"...to confront his destiny, does he begin to cry." |
Cry |
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Of Ashima - otherness |
"For being a foreigner... is a sort of lifelong pregnancy." |
Pregnancy |
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Of Gogol - name/identity/child |
"He is afraid to be Nikhil, someone he doesn't know." |
Nikhil |
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From a guest - identity To Sonia |
(Sonia playing with the dirt, threatening to put money in her mouth) "'this one is the true American.'" |
American |
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Of the Gangulis - blending in/non-otherness |
"... the Gangulis... appear no different from their neighbors..." |
How do they appear? |
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Of Gogol - hate for his name |
"... hates having constantly to... tell people that it doesn't mean anything 'in Indian.'" |
Hates explaining his name. |
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From Gogol - about leaving his family To Maxine |
"I don't want to get away" |
After his father's death, how Gogol feels |
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Of Gogol - him changing his name cause he hates it |
"I hate the name Gogol, I've always hated it." |
What does he think about his name? |
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Of Moushumi and Gogol - Their place in the world |
"Here Moushumi had reinvented herself... What he, in all likelihood, will never do." |
About moving to a new country |
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Of Ashima - her name meaning |
"True to the meaning of her name, she will be without borders..." |
Borders etc |
