Is It Too Late?

So as we keep reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, we found out the Gogol s father Ashoke died. Gogol who has been practically neglecting his family for a while now, comes home. I guess it takes a death in the family for Gogol to finally visit. I believe Gogol feels bad for never visiting his family now that his father is gone. I don't think he realized how important he was to him until he was gone. Gogol at one point is reliving some of his past memories with his father. "Over the rise and the fall of the wind, he could hear his fathers laughter. He was standing there, waiting for Gogol to catch up, putting out a hand as Gogol drew near."Try to remember it always," he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey, that we went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go."" (Lahiri 187). Ashoke has always been there for Gogol and always loved him. Gogol just could never see that because he was to busy being mad at him for his name and the traditions his family lives by. Gogol probably wants to make up for lost time but he knows its too late. I believe the reason he calls up Moushumi Mazoomdar is because she is Bengali and he knows that his father would have liked that.