Keep in mind that this goes on within the year (mostly at the end) that his dad dies. Now personally, I think that would be so difficult and hard to go through. For Gogol and his family, it is the same way. his family and he take it so hard and mourn together. It seems to bring his family together because they spend more time together. They are forced to go through it together. They visit Ashima on weekends more often and call every night. Maxine unfortunately doesn't take it well. "They began to argue about this" with "Maxine going so far one day as to admit that she felt jealous of his mother and sister" (Lahiri 188). This insecurity of feeling jealous of his mother and sister seems absurd to me along with Gogol. They are his family and they were going through a rough time together. I don't think she should've felt jealous, but instead comforted him and supported him. He really needed her in this time of sadness and death. However, instead he turned to his family and went through it with them. To me, that shows how maybe he didn't have as much of a connection with Maxine and didn't feel close enough with her to go to her for support. So maybe it is best they broke up.
Hopefully you enjoyed this post. Let me know what you think. Is it best that they broke up?
Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your post because everything you said was so true. Maxine was really kind of being a pain in the ass. I agree that this time spent with his family was good for Gogol because it was chance for him to break the isolation from his parents. I think it is good that they broke up because obviously Maxine wasn't interested in bonding with his family through this tough time. If she didn't even care enough to do that, then why would Gogol care to stay with her. Look on the bright side. If they didn't break up, Gogol would've never started a relationship with Moushumi. All in all, I really enjoyed reading your post. Keep up the good work bud!
-Noah