Due Monday, December 16th - "We all came out of Gogol's overcoat...One day you will understand."

Directions:  Please read "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol.  Comment on the story using 2-3 direct quotations from the text in your response.  Think about the line Ashoke quoted from Dostoevsky, "We all came out of Gogol's overcoat.  One day you will understand."  Given what you understand of the short story, below, what do you think Lahiri meant in using this quotation as an allusion?  What clues do you see in the stories?  How does it show a correlation between name and self?  What does that mean for Gogol Ganguli and his change of name?  How does it add a richness to your understanding of Lahiri's work? I look forward to your responses.

"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol