Download. Essay. Views. 723. The namesake illustrates several transitional elements common to the stories of immigrant families and their children. As the film shows, the first generation connects to their cultural identity and roots to a far greater degree and density than their children do. Namesake of Jhumpa Lahiri Literary Analysis Essay. Written by Jhumpa Lahiri, the book Namesake shows how individuals struggle with their identity. Throughout the book, Gogol is caught in an identity crisis as he struggles to understand conflicting cultures and identities. Jhumpa Lahiri portrays Gogol as a lost and insecure boy,