This chapter's epigraph comes from a line in the play's opening scene: "I don't care what you think, as long as you're happy with what you've got." In other words, the play is about being happy with your life, even if it's not what you want it to be. In this case, the happy ending is a reference to the fact that the protagonist is happy with his life. He's happy that he has a job, because he's a good person, and he wants to do something good for the world. He wants to be a good father, and a good husband, and