Description
In this lesson, students begin their analysis of The Namesake, a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, through which they will explore central ideas of identity, nostalgia, and home. Students read and analyze pages 1–21, in which Lahiri introduces the characters of Ashima and Ashoke as they await the birth of their first child. Students analyze Lahiri’s structural choices and use their previous lesson’s homework responses to discuss the excerpt, focusing on passages that best exemplify the development of each character.
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