The Namesake-Week 2 Post A

In the next section of "The Namesake,"there is not a lot of cultural differences that are presented, but you will see acts of rebellion against the indian culture from the husband, Ashoke. Ashoke is a well educated man who attends college in India, but then he is also accepted to MIT in America. What he fails to do is tell his parents he is doing this until he is accepted and ready to leave. Now in Indian culture, most families stay pretty close to one another, and if they do want to live further away from their family they usually have to get permission from the parents first, but not Ashoke. Even though his mother didn't eat for three days after hearing his news and his father and brothers cried, Ashoke still goes to America with seems like not a lot of guilt on his mind. This is very rebellious in their culture, but Ashoke really wants to be apart of the 1960's American culture that he finds in Cambridge, MA. Another small, but qualified piece of rebellion one may notice, is when Ashoke first comes to Ashima's house and he wears laced-up work shoes, very unlike the slippers you would find in India. Ashoke's acts against being part of his culture I think plays a large role in the novel, and I'm sure he has more acts of rebellion to come.