Gogol finds that he cannot be comfortable as an individual with a stable and acceptable identity while living “in between” cultures, with a Russian first name, with a Bengali family outside of Boston, and with a sense of always being an outsider. He makes great efforts to define and redefine himself, changing his name and moving away from home.
They have a fixed rhyme scheme and structure. They were the first sonnets ever to be written. They often present a problem and a solution. They frequently focus upon love and romance
