The novel The Namesake follows the life of Ashima and Ashoke Gangulis immigration experience moving from India to America Once in America they start a family with their first born son Gogol They could have never guessed however that giving him that name would be the cause of a major identity crisis Being American born compared to his very traditional parents added to his distress Throughout his life all this inner turmoil conflicted with his personal life and especially with his ideas of love U
The namesake book and the movie differences I read the book first which made me understand the movie better I could enjoy the movie without reading the book but the novel gives a deeper dimension to the characters When I watched the movie I noticed that there were a lot of things missing from the book which means some of things were on the book they were not on the movie For example in the movie where they live is in New York City but the book said they lived in Boston since they moved to Ameri