Betrayal In Gogol's Family

ine makes Gogol immensely happy, he begins to alienate his own family in preference of Maxine’s. He no longer listens to his mother’s messages on his answering machine and neglects calling his father. Soon even visiting his family for a few hours becomes an impossible chore, and he goes as far as to say “he is conscious of the fact that his immersion in Maxine’s family is a betrayal of his own” (Lahiri 141). Gogol completely abandons his family for Maxine’s, deeply hurting his parents. Because of this betrayal, Gogol even