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Lahiri contrasts the development of Gogol's character with the lightning strike of change that interrupts Ashoke’s life—the accident that nearly kills him. Gogol realizes just how severely the accident has divided his father’s life. Later, Lahiri will use other events in the lives of the Ganguli family as “dividers,” as moments when characters’ trajectories seem instantly, and irrevocably, to change.
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