The Namesake Short Story

Words: 279
Pages: 2

In many ways, views of society can be constructed by adaptation to domestic culture. While not considering other cultures, a great example of this is the phenomenon of culture shock. Culture shock is an experience that is caused by complete immersion of a foreign culture, this can be significantly worse when the individual has not been culturally aware of the surrounding world. After being entirely immersed in a new culture, one can feel disconnected from other due to language barrier, different customs, and even daily habits. In the story The Namesake, a family returns to America after an eight-month vacation trip in India and experience and have to revert back to their American lifestyle: “They still feel somehow traveling, still disconnected