The Namesake

In, "The Namesake," Jhumpa Lahiri continues to show how Bengalian families dislike being comparable to the American culture. After his father's death, Gogol meets Moushumi, a girl whom his parents knew of when back in Bengali several years ago. Within a year of meeting, Gogol and Moushumi marry in New Jersey with a traditional Indian wedding. Having been so accustomed to the American values, the couple wanted to seal their nuptials in the American style, but with such traditional parents, Gogol and Moushumi had to have a wedding with three hundred guests served with Indian food and easy parking. Just like any Bengalian wedding, the couple gets married a couple of weeks after their engagement as opposed to the whole year of preparations a "normal" American has to go through. After their marriage, Moushumi creates a wide furry within the Indian people, as she decides to keep her last name instead of taking that of her new husband. Just like any other Americann tradition, the Indian families did not understand this new American way and wanted their children to keep the Bengalian traditions they had once followed.

Quote: "But their parents insist on inviting close to three hundred people, and providing Indian food, and providing easy parking for all of the guests.

Question: Why did Gogol begin to miss his father at the nearing of graduation and become more understanding of his culture after his death?