Can not go back

Jedidiah 2022-08-10 16:35:27

There is a very important sentence in the film, which is a sentence in Gogol's novel, that is, everyone is in their own case. As a second-generation immigrant, Gogol himself, like other American youths, is relaxed, without any sense of history or ethnicity. However, due to family changes and his father's sudden death, after returning to India and sprinkling his father's ashes on the Ganges, he suddenly felt a strong sense of return.
When he had rebelled, he had to change the name given to him by his parents, which made him repeatedly fall into a situation of being mocked and embarrassed. His wish was fulfilled, and he was still in love with an American girl. After his father died, in order to make his mother happy, he had sex with an Indian girl. This girl, who was laughed at for her rigidity, became enchanting and charming when she arrived in Paris. They held their wedding in the traditional Indian way. Soon after the marriage, his wife cheated, and his sacrifice did not exchange his happiness.
They can't go back, he can't go back, his wife moushumi mazumdar can't go back, only his mother is back. At the end of the movie, his mother sang beside the Ganges. The ancient songs echoed in the ancient river for a long time. The bridge connected to the past has collapsed, and there is nowhere to go. They want to go back, to find that they can't go back, like a person who can't step into the same river anymore, just like the song sang at the end of the movie: "Behind me the bridges have crumbled, No question of return". No question of return. went.

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The Namesake quotes

  • Moushumi Mazumdar: Not bad, Mr. Ganguli.

    Gogol Ganguli: I'd say we made a killing, Mrs. Ganguli.

    Moushumi Mazumdar: Oh, hold it, hold it. Ms. Mazumdar is the name.

  • Ashima A. Ganguli: ...Besides, what kind of a girl is called Max, huh?

    Lydia Ratliff: Maybe it's a boy.