In today’s smaller, more globalized world, the intersection between East and West is experienced in more dramatic and frequent ways every day. The fundamental origins of many of these two worlds’ values, particularly as they relate to how to define ourselves, how to engage in relationships, and more, have such different beginnings that these two ways of thinking create immense difficulties in allowing people from these worlds to relate to each other. Looking at these issues in the context of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, in particular, Eastern and Western ideas are shown to be in constant conflict, Continue reading...
