Eze Chioma

Finding Myself in the Pages

One moment that stands out vividly for me was when I first encountered a character in a novel who shared a similar cultural background and emotional complexity as I did. The book was *The Namesake* by Jhumpa Lahiri, and its protagonist, Gogol, grapples with his dual identity as a first-generation immigrant. His struggle with being caught between two worlds, feeling disconnected from both his family’s culture and the place he was raised in, mirrored a lot of my own internal conflicts.