1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri describes the struggles of a man named Gogol Ganguli, dealing with his immigration and other problems he encountered being an Indian kid growing up in America.
2. The theme of this novel is finding your identity. Gogol changes his name to fight for his own identity.
3. The tone is very serious. The author is trying to compare two different lifestyles.
Ex: "Finish," his father says, glancing up from his magazine. "Don't play with food that way."
Ex: "You've never had a dog, have you?" Maxine says, observing him. "No."
Ex: "You are never at your apartment, Gogol. In the middle of the night i have called you and you are not there."
4. Personification-"the voice has begun to deepen, is slightly husky now."
Irony-"it occurs to Ashoke that he and his son probably wear the same size shoe."
Tone- "I feel a special kinship with Gogol."
Diction- "Ashoke notices a scattered down emerging on his son's upper lip."
Foreshadowing- "Apart from that. He spent most of his adult life outside his homeland. Like me."
