Namesake By Jhumpa Lahiri

Write an essay on one of the topics below. Essays should be about 6-8 pages (double spaced, 12-point font). Your name and student number should appear on the first page and all the pages of the essay should be together. The essay is worth 30% of your total grade in the course. They must be submitted in class. The focus of the essay should be your own close analysis. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. MLA FORMAT Essay question: Discuss how a close reading of one of the texts in the course has helped you to understand real-life experience that you or someone you know had or an experience that you hear or read about. Use the Novel Namesake written Jhumpa Lahiri. Based on a close reading of one of the texts that we studied, explain how the universal need for love\friendship\belonging\interconnectedness can be complicated and\or enriched by the immigrant or multicultural.