When Cooper chooses to accept his role in NASA's mission through the wormhole, Murph is devastated, believing that she may never see her father again. Her curiosity and passion for science are cultivated by her father's encouragement throughout her youth. She is incredibly bright and enjoys learning (as evidenced by the massive bookshelf in her room). When the time comes to choose to stay on the farm or accept the mission to space, he goes, and in doing so carries us, the audience, through a journey to discover what it means to love and be loved, and how to do what is right and necessary to save yourself and others. We also begin to understand, in him, the emotional journey of someone who's had their dreams and love in the palm of their hands, only to have them taken away prematurely. While he loves his children, and believes in what he is doing on the farm, we can see that he yearns for more from life. He's a widower and former NASA pilot who has been grounded and now lives as a farmer, raising crops in a world where the food supply is running out. His primary motivation is to exist (from a deep and meaningful place) and to explore.
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