This had obviously been very difficult time and I was aware that the birth of a new baby within the family may have come with mixed emotions. SCENARIO Prior to the visit I had received a telephone handover from the new Mother’s midwife, who had explained this had been an uneventful pregnancy and straight forward delivery. However her sister had very recently given birth, which had tragically resulted in the baby dying shortly afterwards. The midwife explained this had created anxieties about her new baby and that whilst she appeared to doing okay it was something to be mindful of. This highlights again the importance of collaborative working and effective handovers ( ).
1/30/12 English II "Future Home of the Living GOD" I believe the story " Future Home of the Living GOD " is about Mary Potts . She was givenup by her mom when she was an infent, living with a foster family ( Alan & Sera ). They are a wealthy family that Loves and has high expectations for Mary Potts. Mary Potts is pregnant and believes theres an illness going on with her baby. She finds the letter her moms writes her and calls the number she left on it.
It is seen that beginning from his childhood, all Gogol ever wanted was to find a place where he could truly fit in, whether it be in his own culture, or in the American one in which he lives. Through his relationships he explores his identity, both personal and cultural. By slowly learning about himself and by accepting who he truly is through his life experiences, we see Gogol’s sense of self, family, and relationships shift throughout the novel. The author of The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri, is also someone who can relate to being born into two different cultures. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Calcutta, India and she was born in London, England in 1967.
When moving to a new school, students often tend to judge new people before actually getting to know them. Similarly, with a book, people look at the cover before actually seeing what it has to offer inside. This is what happens in Ambrose Flack’s “The Strangers that Came to Town”. A new family the Duvitch’s, a struggling family moves onto Syringa Street. They are the first of their nationality to move there.
1. Why, do you think, are we told the story of the protagonist´s birth and how she was left to fate? I think, that the author want to tell us, that the birth is characteristic for the way Nazneen is thinking and living, also when she is grown up. She nearly was stillborn in very bad circumstances, but she got back to life. She was often told how she was left to Fate.
She also strives to reconcile her two selves as “like many immigrant offspring, I felt intense pressure to the two things loyal to the old world and fluent in the new approved of on either side of the hyphen” (478). The author’s main point is that she felt that she was under pressure to have “two lives” because she could not focus on one side or another. And reality doesn’t allow her to do that. Lahiri, as a young girl, had trouble balancing her American life with the Indian life at home. She explains how her parents had grown up in Calcutta, and they tried to continue practicing the same culture in America.
On this trip, Ashoke becomes a victim in a very bad accident. Also onboard, other passengers tell him to “see the world.” After recovery, these words become his life mission. In conjunction with his new-found life purpose, he decides on a drastically life-changing decision: he will venture out to the United States and earn an education for himself. After finally becoming accustomed to American life, he heads back to his native India. There, an arranged marriage is in its planning stages and his future wife, Ashima, is awaiting him.
From the beginning of a Hindu woman’s life, she is under the control of male dominance. She will be under the care of her father, upon marriage she will be serving her husband, and when her husband dies she will be taken care of by her son(s). Hindu parents are eager to marry off their daughters so they can be released from the burden of having a daughter. In rural villages in India, this is often the case it will has resulted in child marriages. Hindu women have been both empowered and subjugated by religious tradition over the centuries (Narayan, 2005).
The Namesake: Names and Identity In the novel, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, an emphasis is placed on the significance of one’s name and how it can affect their identity. In the Bengali culture, one person is given two names, a “pet name” used by close friends and family members and a “good name” which is a more formal name used by everyone else. Readers are led into a significant cultural process behind naming the protagonist as his parents Ashoke and Ashima have trouble selecting the right name for him as the doctor tells them that they must name their baby before leaving the hospital. When one is a given a name in the Bengali culture, it is not just a name—it is a name that carries their identity. Throughout the novel, the significance of ones name is exposed to the readers as we find that a name can confuse oneself of which culture he or she belongs to, help one assimilate to a different or new culture, and finally reassure oneself of his or her cultural identity.
Marital therapist, Dr. Carl A. Whitaker concurs that “From early childhood on, each of us carried models for marriage, femininity, masculinity, motherhood, fatherhood, and all the other family roles.” We unconsciously and consciously bring memories of our parents’ relationship into our own marriages. These unfulfilled expectations, caused by an internal struggle, can lead to a crippled marriage. Although individuals can overcome psychological patterns accrued during childhood, the hard work of changing those patterns becomes an oxymoron of age-old myth of marriage. Roiphe continues to explain that people assume that all problems will be solved and life will become easier once you marry. In making this statement, the author shows that true hard work of marriage ultimately begins when you say “I do”.