Then, when he is adopted by the Brierleys, they show him a great deal of unconditional love, raising him as their own child. The love for his mother and family is what keeps Saroo going when times are tough.
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Love is another major theme in the movie and is Saroo's guiding light throughout his entire journey. He then embarks on an obsessive quest for answers, using his fragmented memories and the technological tool of Google Earth to help himself piece together the story of his childhood. However, when his memory gets triggered by seeing a jalebi at a house party in Melbourne, he begins to develop curiosity about his origins, and a classmate recommends he use Google Earth to try and figure out where he comes from. Saroo's memories of India fade when he gets older and he thinks primarily of going to college and making a lot of money. A big part of Saroo's reckoning with his identity is about making peace between the two sides of his upbringing, having known both poverty and bourgeois comfort. Having witnessed Saroo's journey, the viewer sees the stark contrast between these two socioeconomic realities. Everything changes when Saroo is adopted by a middle-class Australian couple, Sue and John, who live in a nice house on the ocean and enjoy sailing. Then, when he is homeless in Calcutta, Saroo witnesses a great deal of desperation: on the streets, in Noor's care, at the orphanage. In his early childhood, Saroo lives in poverty, with him and his brother needing to work in order to bring in money to his family. This theme is harshly depicted by the alternating scenes of Calcutta with Australia. Saroo's main journey, once he has unlocked his memory of his early life, is to bridge the gap between his two identities and tie up the loose ends of his early traumatic experience. Nonetheless, something as big as his heritage cannot be ignored for his whole life, which is why, when he is questioned at university about his background Saroo claims he is not really Indian, it opens up the doors to reunite both of his identities, as both an Indian and Australian.
As he grows up in Sue and Jim's Tasmanian home, he begins to assimilate more and more to Western, white Australian culture and soon memories of eating jalebis and going on train rides with his brother begin to fade. An even larger shift occurs once Saroo is adopted. When he gets separated from his brother, he maintains his sense of self, yet cannot identify himself to strangers in a way that will return him to his family. It is normal for him to work alongside his family collecting coal for a living.
Initially, Saroo's identity is defined by his Indian upbringing. Perhaps the most obvious theme in the film is identity.
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