The Namesake-week 5 Post B

With Ashima pregnant again, tensions in their household are tight. Ashima's day consists of lying in bed all day with a pink plastic trash can next to their bed, and I forgot to mention in their brand new two-story house in the suburbs, but anyways it has become Ashima's daily schedule to lie there. Ashoke and Gogol are left to fend for themselves for dinner and to go places together, and dinner seems to consist of the same meal every night, and Ashoke doesn't even cook it like Ashima does for Gogol. With Ashima's presence not there, Gogol becomes un-easy and begins to loose his appetite for his father's dinners, and having much energy. Gogol begins to lie in his bed just like his mother, and too pukes in the pink trash can. This shows how strong their relationship is and how close they are to one another, but Gogol struggles with this when he is entered into the school system.  Mentioned in my previous post, Gogol and his parents go through a name dispute. His parents, who believe it is right for him to have the "good" name Nikhil, is not working for Gogol. He does not like that he has to have a "good" name, which in a way shows that he is becoming more Americanized, but his principal also does not understand the concept of the "good" name. So the two of them decide to keep it to Gogol, but his parents aren't aware of this decision.. 

Until next time, 

grace