Based on two novels written by Asian writers, Kenzaburo Oe's novel entitled the silent cry [translated into jerintan lirih by Utti Setijawati] and Jhumpa Lahiri's the namesake [translated into makna sebuah nama], this paper tries to reveal characters of both novels. Takashi and Gogol, to which the writer sees through lacanian psychoanalysis. The other major characters the novels are also import…