Summary

Jacob stares at an old photo of Isaac in the fourth grade and remembers how young he looked when he was just a boy. He carried the photo in his wallet after his wife gave it to him. He also writes to Isaac about his own mother and how she was killed by her husband shortly after he was born. He admits that the way he loved his own brother makes him certain now that he can understand Isaac’s homosexuality.

After Jacob read The Color Purple, he continued reading and noticed many similarities between his life and the lives of those he read about. They all wanted the same things out of life, and they all struggled with the same things. He began to feel guilty for the way that he treated Isaac and did not try to understand him. He feels...