how does ashok try to covince gogol regarding his new name
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Gogol’s legal name change to “Nikhil” marks an important turning point in his identity. Changing his name is his first open act of rebellion against the Bengali American identity he grew up with. Although he doesn’t realize it at the time, his rejection of this name is also a rejection of a key part of his father’s history, a fact which makes the change of name even harder for Ashoke and Ashima to accept.
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The summer before he begins college at Yale, Gogol tells his parents that he wants to change his name to “Nikhil”; they object that it is too late. He blames them for giving him a pet name instead of a real name, a name that is Russian instead of Bengali, a name that he thinks cannot be taken seriously. His father agrees to allow him to change his name, signing the appropriate form, and Gogol goes before a judge to make the name change official. When the judge asks him why he wants to change his name, he says, “I hate the name Gogol. I’ve always hated it.”
At college, Gogol introduces himself as “Nikhil.” When his parents visit him, they call him “Nikhil” but sometimes forget his name change and call him “Gogol.” Although he visits his parents’ home every few weeks, he feels more at home in his Yale dorm room. During a train ride to Boston, he meets Ruth, a fellow student at Yale. They talk for hours, and when they return to Yale, they begin dating. Gogol keeps the relationship a secret from his parents. Ashoke and Ashima don’t approve when they finally learn about Ruth, and Gogol suspects they are secretly pleased when she leaves for a semester to study abroad in England.
Gogol attends a panel on Indian novels because his distant cousin Amit is a panelist. The panel discusses the challenges that American-born Indians face in developing a sense of identity. After the panel, Amit calls Gogol “Gogol,” and Gogol reminds him that his name is now “Nikhil.” After Ruth returns from England, she and Gogol break up.
On one train trip home to Pemberton Road, an accident delays Gogol’s train. When Gogol finally arrives home, Ashoke tells him about the train accident many years earlier that was the catalyst for Gogol’s name.
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