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A son is an independent person. He's like a falcon that comes when he will and flies off when he lists; but you and I are like the funguses growing in a hollow tree: here we sit aside by side, not budging an inch. It is only I who will stay with you always, faithful for ever, just as you will stay with me.
Having passed through my own youth and having witnessed that of others, I can attest to the fact that many are "on the move" and seem to be uprooted. A condition which can stress one's older relations, similar to what it did to Bazarov's mother. In facing his own death, we see Bazarov realize that his renouncing of the world through nihilism doesn't make a bit of difference. Older people contributed through their own professions and interests, while he......still dies along with them. I can see the radical criticism of Turgenev supporting conservative ideals and beliefs here very clearly. While not entirely accurate, I think that the radical critique is more accurate than the conservative one which held that Turgenev upheld Bazarov as a model individual.