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

  • Gogol Ganguli: [after being told the origin of his name] Baba, is that what you think of when you think of me? Do I remind you of that night?

    Ashoke Ganguli: Not at all. You remind me of everything that followed. Everyday since then has been a gift... Gogol.

  • Ashoke Ganguli: There is something I always wanted to ask you, but never had the courage. All those years ago, why did you say yes to me?

    Ashima A. Ganguli: You were the best of the lot.

    Ashoke Ganguli: Huh?

    Ashima A. Ganguli: Better than the widower with four children or the cartoonist with one arm. I also liked your shoes.

    Ashoke Ganguli: Oh. Oh, okay.

    Ashima A. Ganguli: Hmm, you want me to say "I love you," like the Americans.