In the first chapter, Brá's birthday coincides with his father's great event. Instead of being happy for his father's success, Brás feels envy and frustration that his father is taking away his special day. He also feels overwhelmed that the celebration took place in the town hall and that it resonated with fathers and sons. Brás knows that his father is a well-known and respected, successful writer and fears that even if he writes and dreams of being as successful as his father, he will not be able to realize his dream and fears that he will disappoint his father. like his son. Later in the chapter Brás is at a bar where the bartender has kept his father's name on the counter even though his father is dead. For Brás this is an act of respect and legacy and makes him reflect on the complicated relationship he has with his father. In chapter ten, however, Brás is seventy-six years old and his son Miguel is now an adult. Unlike the relationship Brás had with his father, Miguel and Brás have a close relationship. On page 241, I can see the intense feeling of love that Brás feels for his son as he hugs him and says "I love you son, I'm so proud of you." Which Brás never heard from his father when he was alive. Also on this page Miguel gives Brás an envelope that was inside Benedito's copy of Brás' first novel. It was a letter written on the day Brás