Jhumpa Lahiri

“The Embassy of Cambodia,” written by Zadie Smith, tells the story of Fatou, a young woman from Ivory Coast working in London, from the point of view of those living around her. Through her journey, Smith sheds light on the plight of thousands of immigrants and oppressed people, and the west’s indifference to their suffering. The culture driven need for success and accomplishment has caused Western culture to become more self centered than ever before. Consumerism drives people’s desire for…

I remember the first year when my family just moved to America. Life in a new country was so different. On the first weeks of school, I could not eat anything because the food was not what I have always eaten: tacos, burritos, and chicken nuggets. I could eat none of those, and I was desperate for a bowl of rice and a fried egg. Mexican food was not what I grew up with. It was not my favorite thing. Therefore, I would ask my mother to pack a box full of Vietnamese food for lunch. Eventually,…

The situations that occur within the story “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri explain the title of the short story perfectly. Due to Mr. Kapasi’s other job title, the title tells his job description. There is a connection between to the two main characters and the title due to the fact that Mr. Kapasi is an interpreter at a doctor’s office and Mrs. Das admires his job and thinks he can assist her in not feeling terrible about her secret. Mr. Kapasi works in a doctor’s office as an…

The Namesake is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, that focus on an Indian family that moves to the United States from Bengali, India. The characters adapt well to the new culture they experience but do not lose the aspects of their culture that separates them from natural-born Americans. In this novel, the Indian represented by culture acts as a ghost that manipulates the different turnouts of the individuals lives. Throughout the story we see a huge Indian cultural influence the causes the different…

Why do people change their names? Does changing a name change a person’s identity? Similar to Jay Gatsby from the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gogol Ganguli from the The Namesake written by Jhumpa Lahiri, both reinvents oneself by changing their names. Lahiri produces examples of Gogol’s transformation: new culture, new opportunities, and most of all new identity. Fitzgerald also shows these transformations on Jay Gatsby; but instead of having a new culture, Gatsby…

Jhumpa Lahiri, through her short story The Interpreter of Maladies, displays the venom of romanticism and how one weak moment leads to a path of destruction. The story shadows a typical American family of five, travelling the world. On their journey, they meet Mr. Kapasi, the primary protagonist of the story. The majority of the events that take place are told through the eyes of Mr. Kapasi, as he develops a longing for another’s wife, Mrs. Das. Mrs. Das also falls prey to her intimate self as…

and once when he was riding in an elevator” (Lahiri, 105). The preeminent guilt comes burgeoning into Gogol’s life when he learns that his name comes from a book that his father was rescued because of in a life altering train accident. “And suddenly the sound of his pet name, uttered by his father as he has been accustomed to hearing it all his life, means something completely new, bound up with a catastrophe he has unwittingly embodied for years” (Lahiri, 124). However, the guilt that Gogol…

fond of is close to dying you go and visit them and try to make light of the situation, being able to take their mind of the impending future just for a moment. “Maryanne Clouds Today” by Ivan Gabriel Rehorek. “The Third and Final Continent” by Jhumpa Lahiri, has a young man who leaves his home country with a bright future can persevere enough to become a professional in America. He becomes a border with an older woman who he has become fond of. He promises to be a great and respectful guest and…

In the story “When Mr. Pizada Came to Dinner” by Jhumpa Lahiri , our story begins with a small insight on our characters background, and we learn that Mr pirzadas appears as your classic husband and father with seven daughters, he is employed as a academic botanist and lived in a rather nice three story house up until the packistani civil war, though he does not get involved in the war because the packistani government sends him away to America to study New Englands fall leaves. While in America…

Richard Wright and The Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, desolation reveals how the pathway of values are stronger than meeting societal expectations. During his childhood, Wright matures at a young age and battles the pain of hunger and poverty. Wright is lonely and is expected to uptake the responsibilities his father left; Ella Wright states “Go now! If you come back to this house without those groceries, I’ll…