Question

2. Which theme does the following line from the novel represent?

“he hated that his name is both absurd and obscure, that it has nothing to do with who he is, that it is neither Indian nor American but all things Russian.”
A) Identity
B) Home
C) Family
D) Happiness

Answer 1

A) identity is the answer because it is describing how his name identifies him versus how his ethnicity does.

Answer 2

A) Identity

The narrator talks about how someone's name does not match with whom he really is. Identity matters deal with anything that is related to the sense of self, selfhood or individual characteristic. One's beliefs, appearance, ethnicity, nationality, race, desires, and even one's name are all aspects of ourselves that can be taken into account when defining our identity.