Nikolai Bukharin

The locations and settings in literature reflect the internal feelings of characters and set diversified tones for its exposition. Anton Chekhov's short story integrates scenes in Moscow, Yalta, and an unnamed provincial town called S–. The geographic distinctions and environmental disparities between Yalta and Moscow exemplify the inner alterations of two primary characters, Dmitri and Anna. Chekhov initially presents Dmitri in a detestable light, illuminating his bitterness and misogyny as he…

is split between his Bengali heritage and and the American culture in which he lives i. He struggles to find his own identity and culture. The question of identity is dealt through names. For instance, Gogol’s name comes from the Russian author Nikolai V. Gogol. He has written “The Overcoat”, a short story which also deals with identity and which has a particular significance for his father for it has in a way saved his life during the accident that occurred on his way to his grand parents .…

identity that we want for ourselves. And when so many choices are offered to us, defining who we really are becomes a crisis in itself. Caught in such a web of identity crisis is AshokeGanguli’s son, Gogol, named in haste after Ashoke’s favourite author Nikolai…

The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, follows the life of the Ganguli family and their assimilation into America and their struggles with raising their children in a new and vastly different culture. Gogol, the main character, was born in America by two Bengali parents, Ashoke and Ashima. Throughout the novel, Gogol struggles with developing his sense of self as he dealt with a clash of Bengali culture at home and American culture in public. His parents were staunch supporters of maintaining the…

there was nothing to run away from, and reinventing himself was never the answer. This realization hits him when he is in Pemberton Road for the final time, reading the book his father had given to him on his fourteenth birthday, “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol. As he is beginning to read the book, he sees the note his father had left him saying, “The man who gave you his name, from the man who gave you your name” (Lahiri, 288). Upon reading this quote his father had left him, he feels guilty…

Knowledge and perception are key factors in how things are interpreted. They can be the difference between understanding and being perplexed. In the novel, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol seems to go through identity issues with his name. He struggles to find meaning in his name but as the years pass, he starts to understand his namesake through being able to accept his name himself. Although Ashima and Ashoke move to America, they seem to try to raise Gogal in their Indian culture…

Culture 's capacity in The Namesake can be seen as nearly endless when considering the many themes that give themselves to the story. Given that the story pertains to immigration and integration as a whole, culture is obvious to come up under a variety of ideas inevitably impacted by the story telling. A major component of how the story focuses on fostering culture is through it 's growth in areas with similar or familiar inhabitants. This is seen in The Namesake as a way for families and…

The two film adaptation of Nikolay Gogol’s The Overcoat, the 1959 Russian film by Aleksey Batalov and the 2011 Canadian film, The Girl in the White Coat by Darrell Wasyk, end in different ways. One film depicts a scene of supernatural revenge while the other ends with a quiet death. As films set in realistic environments, the supernatural element found in Gogol’s work presents a challenge for the directors. However, when compared to the original work, both films have a similar meaning even when…

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, is a fictional novel detailing the struggle of finding yourself in another country, and learning how to survive- while slowly becoming less like yourself as you adapt.The main characters are a Indian couple from Calcutta at the beginning, but it eventually changes to become their son Gogol after he reaches a certain age. Gogol struggles with finding his identity, believing for a majority of his life that it is associated with his name, which is yet another thing…

In Nikolai Gogol’s short story, The Overcoat, evil within 19th century Russian society is criticized. Evil in this short story takes on many forms. The main character, Akaky Akakievich, is a rather unfortunate man who is continuously failed by the systems put in place to keep society running smoothly. The way that bureaucracy functions in society is oppressive and evil. Though Akaky is a hard working citizen, and he is never rewarded for his efforts. After Akaky struggles to purchase his new…