Title: Level 3 Questions
Course: Enriched English 10

Choose one of the following Level 3 questions to address regarding The Namesake. Alternatively, you could pose your own question. Write your answer in the form of a PIE. You should also leave two comments for others.

Here are the questions:

What is the significance of the train motif recurring throughout the book?

What does Lahiri think about the meaning of names?

What are your impressions of Moushumi vs. Ruth and Maxine?

Why is it ironic that Nikhil marries a Bengali woman?

After you get married, is the most important thing: your spouse or your ambitions?

What do you think the author thinks of family expectations?

Why does Gogol feel such a deep connection with Ashoke?

What does the book say about immigration and integration into a society?

Are names really that important? Does a name make you who you are?

What does the author say about having two different cultural identities?