The Namesake
Question: How did Ashima and Ashoke think that they would preserve their culture after moving to America?
Pg. 37. Pg.65
I think that Ashima and Ashoke though that they could keep their culture traditios by not assimilating into American culture. They thought that they could keep their traditions by keeping the same traditions alive and doing the same routines as they would when they were still living in Calcutta. Sooner than later their children and even themselves began to live their lives just as Americans would. Ashima begins to cook American meals once a week; she begins to make Shake and Bake and Hamburger Helper, etc. Their bubble of tradition bursts and their presemption of wanting to keep their clture is not well suited.
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