Part I: Section 3 Summary

Behrani wakes to hot tea, sugar cubes, and an apology from his son Esmail. Behrani works his last day on the highway crew and his last night at the convenience store, thinking of the assorted jobs he's held over the years-and that he has regained the dignity he feared had been forever lost.

Part I: Section 3 Analysis

Esmail apologizes, because he knows his father works hard-although the boy does not know the nature of this work-to support his family.