In the story of A Father, we see a man devoted to his religion and to his family. Now, some people might not think that a man with such devotion to his religion could be a problem, but in the case of Mr. Bhowmick, we see a troubled man who does not know right from wrong because of that religion. Mr. Bhowmick has brought his family to the United States of America to life happier lives, become successful, and because his wife wanted to. Mr. Bhowmick’s life in America is a struggle and depressing because of how he is stuck in the old ways of his religion. He is a very religious man that does not stray from his strict rules. Throughout the story, it is prevalent that the family doesn’t get along and that Mr. Bhowmick’s wife is not the one for him.
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Babli is the daughter of Mr. Bhowmick and is a electrical engineer who got pregnant through artificial insemination and is facing the challenge of dealing with her father. The topic of pregnancy is a tough one as it is. It is even tougher when you are going a whole 180 degrees from what your father believes in. From the time that Mr. Bhowmick finds out that she is pregnant, he is trying to figure out who the father is and wondering when she will abort the baby. Mr. Bhowmick assumes that Babli will abort the baby because of the shame that it will bring to their family. The author of the book, Bharati Mukherjee wrote: “It was his wife that he blamed. Coming to America to live had been his wife’s idea”(79). It turned out that Mr. Bhowmick finds out that she does not abort and finds his daughter and wife arguing in the kitchen one day about her baby. Well Mr. Bhowmick was almost to the point of changing his ideals for the upcoming baby that Babli was soon to be having, Mrs. Bhowmick on the other hand had a different side of understanding. Babli insulted both of them and their marriage while telling them that the father of her baby was a bottle and a syringe. This is where Mr. Bhowmick’s religious views came back into his mind and accelerated to a point of no return. Mr. Bhowmick raised a rolling pin and smashed Babli’s midsection with a violent
Babli is the daughter of Mr. Bhowmick and is a electrical engineer who got pregnant through artificial insemination and is facing the challenge of dealing with her father. The topic of pregnancy is a tough one as it is. It is even tougher when you are going a whole 180 degrees from what your father believes in. From the time that Mr. Bhowmick finds out that she is pregnant, he is trying to figure out who the father is and wondering when she will abort the baby. Mr. Bhowmick assumes that Babli will abort the baby because of the shame that it will bring to their family. The author of the book, Bharati Mukherjee wrote: “It was his wife that he blamed. Coming to America to live had been his wife’s idea”(79). It turned out that Mr. Bhowmick finds out that she does not abort and finds his daughter and wife arguing in the kitchen one day about her baby. Well Mr. Bhowmick was almost to the point of changing his ideals for the upcoming baby that Babli was soon to be having, Mrs. Bhowmick on the other hand had a different side of understanding. Babli insulted both of them and their marriage while telling them that the father of her baby was a bottle and a syringe. This is where Mr. Bhowmick’s religious views came back into his mind and accelerated to a point of no return. Mr. Bhowmick raised a rolling pin and smashed Babli’s midsection with a violent